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You never loved me, Only the taste of my name, As it lingered on your slithering… Falling out, dripping, With poisons of promises,
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,
I never thought I could crave a s… Like the one that sits across your… Distinctly scraped from the corner… Made in depths of dreams and forei… Its own presence, reflecting galax…
No implications, Did I notice at the time, Only the key strokes.
“You’re trapped.” He explains, My body is bare, I’m losing time, And losing air.
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,
Stumbling over words, Like a child stumbles over shoe la… Left undone. Every word I want to say, Left undone.
I’m always enamored with, Short periods of time, With fantasies of, Your hand in mine.
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,
‘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,
Flying out of the nest, At sixty mph, Four hours—without rest.
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,