hooked

gingerly, you touched the wounds
tracing a line from inside to out
healing what was broken
knowing what was needed
and when
carefully, not applying
any pressure
biding your time
until that exact moment;
the very second I was hooked.
you reeled me in

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License