The Sacrifice of Oranges

Posted on the 26 July 2013 by Rarasaur @rarasaur

My fingernails rip through skin,
and I bite.
It bleeds sweetly,
gifting its naked wholeness
to the emptiness of me.

The sacrifice fills my dark sky
with a million,
brilliant,
twinkling,
orange
stars.

33 Words Exactly on a color for the Trifextra Writing Challenge: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/2013/07/trifextra-week-seventy-eight.html