A cardinal

[swift ibex]

He wore a bird mask - of a cardinal
Enclosed in a cocoon
His arms - gone,
His limbs - gone,
He tilted his head
In curiosity - I guess
In a bathroom's twigged nest

I shoved my arm down his throbbing throat
Gasping for air -
I felt the breath exhale
Down - I pushed
A fork stabbing a worm
Until I reached its core
To his intestines
I split the skin in quarters
And scrapped what was leftover

[broken pond]

DAMNNN

[last lake]

I have a quick question if I may ask, the tone I'm getting is about being trap and finding oneself. Am I on the correct path?

[swift ibex]

Thank you😭

[last lake]

But this is truly breathtaking

[broken pond]

Although I have my own interpretation of this, I'd like to know yours

[swift ibex]

Well yes, I wrote it also that way but also as someone who is forcing someone out of his mask and his hiding, I have a friend who hinds behind masculinity and sometime I just want to rip his mask off so he can be something

Two points of view I guess

[broken pond]

Ohhhh yeah indeed mine was but diff

[last lake]

Nicely constructed, this is one of best I seen in a while

[broken pond]

I interpreted it as someone fighting their own pretense

[broken pond]

Ikr! Caught my eye

[swift ibex]

This means a lot

I thought it was awful

[broken pond]

No no
There's this certain quality of balancing third person and first person which is beautifully done here

[swift ibex]

I'm gonna cry😭 😭 😭

[last lake]

Don't utter such words, it's beautiful

And touching

[swift ibex]

I'm giggling on the other side of the screen, thank you guys🙏 😭

[broken pond]

Would love to see more from you ❤️

[winter jewel]

Wonderful! @broken pond has just pregressed to level 4!