From 1993 poetry collection 'BACKWALL AND SOULACHE' by Nina Bhadreshwar
THE PACT
Would you catch me if I screamed
Would you hold me while I bled?
Rock me in your arms,
Let agony drill through my head?
When you kissed me
I would bring
No word love
But pain, a tender thing.
I would stab your soul with fire.
Never leave and never tire.
TATTOOD (last poem sent to Tupac September 3rd 1996)
Words lose their grip
But your love
Indian ink light years deep
From my soul
Will never slip.
STRANGER
Would u know me if I called
Would u know me if I fell
Would u know me if I wrote u
From the other side of hell?
Would u kiss me in the dark
B4 u knew my name
If u felt my rawbone spine
If u felt my burning shame?
Hug me tight out of your need
Or from a 10 mile TV pity?
Do u know what I am?
Do u know about forgiving?