The Deflections in your Gazes
2007-10-09 - 9:44 a.m.
Where were you yesterday, fingerprints?
Where was my telephone bill, my promises laid out like lace, my smiles chasing cheeks without the proper curvature?
I'm losing touch without you, but you are the one I'm dying to touch.
I'll fall apart at one singular breath, but it is the breath of life that it takes to keep us all held together.
Like human staples or something of the kind.
I never knew I was meant for something more, but I wasn't destined for normalcy.
I try to fit the mold, but my shadow is misshapen and walks with a limp.
I'll tell you I'm happy if that's what you say I am.
I'm happy, love, I'm happy.
Don't drink in the bittersweet truth just to swallow something that tastes like hemlock on your lips.
I'm happy, love, I'm happy.
Just hold me in your arms at night, and I'll whisper forever onto your forehead like a stamp kit.
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Me.