Last Night. Was the first night I had a thous… Perforating with tender thoughts i… Last Night. Was the the first night, in my lif…
under florescents, the cigarette butts are like confe… glittering the sidewalk, with anxiety.
She melds into the rhythm, listening for a heartbeat, escaping into the fumes, her thoughts incomplete. She escaped through the cracks,
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks.... Can I have running through the wo…
Despite the rips in between the se… I can’t escape my bones, I can’t fight the dreams, So I wait but, I can’t manage to speak,
You collect calluses, Like precious gems, Revering their form, Keeping them close, And if it wasn’t for me,
‘We’re the same’, Teetering on edges of lines, I ca… And you say again ‘we are the same… Conflating words, Of an honest one,
I can’t say I know, The bed where you lay, The shape, color, and patterns, That makes up your day, I can only say now,
The warmth of my tea, How lovely at six a.m. Oh! The little things.
I’m not a side dish, I’m not a left—over, you can’t put me away, you can’t save me for later, as with all things,
Tried to meditate, too many different people, are inside my head.
“You’re trapped.” He explains, My body is bare, I’m losing time, And losing air.
The language of love flowed freely… Through the rivers of our veins, During the summer we discovered ma… And razors edges. We used the torn corners,
Carefully and slowly, I unfold myself from inside, Dark and lowly, I swallow my pride, I let her out,
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,