I wanted you to
stay / on that day when we had no summer rains
and the night was perfect on that balcony seat
you stared / into my eyes
the stars were so bright I almost saw my soul
devoured / by your gentle touch on a couch
morning past three I jumped / into arms so soft
everything / right was falling
apart / like two lovers holding pieces
unshakable remains of dust spilled across
mountains / who used to be a singular heart beating
in a world so new / old things don't matter anymore
as you wander / alone
without her / I wonder if you sometimes think of hands twined together
tomorrow / is a fool to believe we could have been
better / is a story I like to tell myself
when no one's around / to see the blood and peppermint
in socks I slip into as I go out / at midnight in the Winter
snow is falling on statues we cherished / before
I told you farewell in silence / words I didn't need to say
"stay."
you would have left anyway
