Shane Koyczan: Origins

Origins

She's the type of person
who wouldn't care
who was watching
when her lips
crash land into mine

she wouldn't care

if eyes were pressed upon us 
like a child's fingerprints on a shark tank

everyone looking on
like some violent punchline
was about to uncork my heart
and pour what was left of me
into a glass

like justice to wall street
none would come

it would not be a joke

and those strangers
so ready to howl
            to snicker and judge

we would watch
their poised laughter
turn to stone

their faces
etched in disappointment
forever

I imagine 
that's how gargoyles are born.