the forms of all my lovers : poetry

darkening

i know you feel like dying

as it gets dark

new york

cherry lips

oh it's painful

the way i love you

i didn't mean to

make you cry

you hear me

i'm sleeping

next to you

i'm crying too

candle wax

scorpions in

my mind

won't give us

a moment alone

nonsense

unconscious

i can't sleep

your breathing

is too precious

why do you

want to

make it stop

he said

i think

you think

too much

i nodded

the stinging

in my chest

from each painful

heartbeat

rocking me

to sleep

while pulling

me out of it

i lie awake

and he

is so tired

this is where

i am hopeless

this is where

the darkness comes