i. when you tell her you love her, your voice catches in your throat. her mouth curls into a crescent moon, and you forget it ever happened.
ii. she is waiting for you with cherry lips and starry eyes and, but something is pulling you back. she calls out to you, and you swallow whatever you are feeling.
iii. some nights, she is in your arms and the sky has faded away and nothing could be more perfect, but it isn't. you watch her rise and fall as she sleeps, and you decide to hold on for just a bit more.
iv. you spend hours trying to turn your thoughts into her, her, her, and all you can think is how wrong this feels. you stare at a picture of when you knew what your heart wanted, and you wonder if it has all been a mistake.
v. she is all smiles when you say it wasn't meant to be. she kisses you on the cheek, and for the first time in forever, you aren't fighting yourself.
-the way it sometimes is (via inkonapagepoetry)
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