where we fell

45 // apartment

i went to pick up our

mattress and found you inside,

clinging to a bottle of vodka

saying you wanted to die.

i dropped to the mattress

and laid right beside you.

i caressed your bruised cheek

while tears welled in my eyes.

you flinched at my touch

and it burned my insides.

i kissed your lips

and you kissed back,

burying your face into the

crook of my neck.

i held you tight

our bodies intertwined

for i knew when i woke

the spot near me

would be chilled with cold.