when u looked at me i felt like a mermaid
i felt immortal lush beautiful and in love
now i spend nights at the laboratory dissecting your touch your voice your promises
i ran out of romance in high school
now i'm just trying to see the world
my life felt like a song with you in it
sand sticks to my skin
in the mirror, i'm surprised by how brown my skin has gotten
we were birds of a feather
do you remember?
— how i started to talk like you, look like you, roll my eyes like you.
you hold my confessions with you still
you dance around the edges of my story
i read old love letters
i rearrange my things
i think of mermaids
i think of you
and i can still hear that song
