if our bed is the labyrinth

C.C. Apap

am I the hero, seeking,

tracing a path to some

dark, unknown center,

both hopeful and afraid?

or the maiden, waiting

to be found, trapped

until someone comes

to discover my need?

perhaps I am the bull,

all appetite, a monster

dancing in wild circles

inside my own mind.

our love is the string,

that tenuous twine we

use to entangle ourselves

and find our paths free.

C.C. Apap’s writing has been featured or is forthcoming in Belt Magazine, Alba, The Thimble Literary Magazine, Roi Fainéant, Twenty-Two Twenty-Eight and The Wild Umbrella. His short story, “Bed and Breakfast,” is a 2024 Best of the Net Nominee. He teaches literature at Oakland University and lives north of Detroit in a suburb where doodle ownership seems like a fundamental requirement.

if our bed is the labyrinth

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