In Truth

by Emaline Delapaix

the liar awakes
with knuckles between
her legs,
her mind dwelling
on superheroes...
men
with truth
strapped to their groins
cause it's been so long
since she came up for air

and in the moment of
real knowing
in sleep she cannot pretend...
tears swell and combust,
skin reddens, lips calm
after the final explosion
she loves as much as pain
and she knows she cannot stop it

The Author

Emaline Delapaix is a Toronto-based Australian singer-songwriter-photographer-poet. Fascinated with mortality and the human body, her first collection of photos/poetry ever shown to the public included "Strip" and "Making Friends With The Bathroom Mirror" as part of Toronto Pride's ARTWHERK! in 2005. emalinedelapaix.com