I was
either
waiting for you
or
you are
waiting for
someone else's
vacancy
either way
it was damn
tiring
and I either
admired myself
for the patience
or loathed
for the
mediocrity

YOU ARE READING
Albeit flawed,
PoetryI was basking under the sun-the waves muffle the sound of my breathing; and I bury myself with cautionary confidence in the sand and with it the memory of your four faces. How can something lethal be life-restorative?