Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Bruise

"Blood without blood, Brokenness yet unbroken..."

Bruise

Blood without blood
Brokenness yet unbroken
Dark enough
To call attention
To this
Purplish
Nebula of pain.
I let my
Fingers
Trace its
Circumference
To take in
The reminder
To remember
The motivation
Lying beneath
The skin.







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