you are a lie,
surrounded by the truth.
you are the fractured night,
and there is no moon,
there are no stars.
fall.
you said i love you,
and i was too scared to say it back,
because loving you meant that i'd need to fall,
and i'm scared of heights.
i fell,
and in the midst of landing in to your arms,
you retracted your arms
and ran away.
so you left me,
cold,
naked,
alone,
bleeding on the marble floor.
if you loved me, why'd you leave me; h.k