“Bark Skin” by Jocelyn Hernandez
We fight in a delirium snaked around our own obsession
Opening each other’s wounds
we thought to had healed in moons past
We battle demons, Hades and creatures alike
And I wouldn’t fill with rage about any other concern
than your trust and faith
and the absence of air when you storm out
We peel back birch bark layered over mold and dirt
to breathe
I sink into every part of my existence
To keep peeling back bark
Under the moonlight when the trace of your body walks away
Both us hear our hearts beating
Telling a story that was written once
about you and I
And the joining of lives that could never be
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Jocelyn Hernandez Artist Statement:
Jocelyn Hernandez grew up in northern California. To her traditional Mexican parent’s disappointment, she moved two hours away to San Francisco. She lives on top of a bar and finds inspiration in listening to honest and mostly coherent conversations.
