Red Pearls

She wears red
pearls on her wrist.

They look like
fake pearls but
they are not.

It is a bracelet
of red pearls
that is cutting
her skin.

Each one of them
shining and smiling while
piercing her flesh.

Now she knows
lies have a deep
deep price.

A purple price
seeps through herself.

Now she knows
that her silent body
is rotting.

A white worm
seeps into her flesh.