Pieces and fragments of the day we first met still linger in the back of my mind I tried to save you and you tried to save me We both kept meeting on opposite ends Too deep or too shallow We laid to rest on the shore of the beach Breathing still and quietly I told you where it hurt and you tried to kiss the pain away I tried to drown in your kindness and you nearly let me I asked for these memories of you to be taken away and they granted my wish, silently And when the…
My body
My vessel for love
How I was taught to protect
and guard you
As though there was nothing
more sacred than you
My body
My temple for greatness
How I cared and worried
over you
And learned to love you,
gradually
How I treated you kindly
and confided in you,
to keep the darkest secrets
that remain hidden within
the colors of flesh
Oh, how I could not see
that one day, you would
betray me
And expose the pink
and reddish hues of my secrets
How you would turn me cold
when I needed warmth the most
…
Your words paint
such pretty pictures
inside my head
It almost makes it easy
to forget that
they are not your own
They do not belong to you
Nor do they belong to me
For how many times
have those same words
that left me in sheer enthrallment
been rehearsed on others before me?
How many times have your lips
curved and your tongue curled
to form beauty and meaning
behind those words?
Does it, perhaps, bring you joy?
Fooling people, like me
Does it give you pleasure?
Taking what is not yours and
claiming it as your own, in…
Teenage adult who likes to read and watches too many movies. Occasionally, I’ll write or ramble about things that keep me up at night.