My thoughts are in a bucket
beside me, filled to the brim with sand.One time when I was ten a blue bottle
wrapped itself round my leg. It stung.But caused nowhere near the pain
you caused me.Tiny grains escape past my fingertips.
The sand that fills the timers -
sifting it fills my time.I wonder if I could play "He loves you, he
loves you not" with each grain, but even after
clearing a whole beach I doubt he'd still care.Bare. Skin.
Breathe the salt air in.
It fills my lungs with satisfaction but my
Thoughts still creep to you amidst the calm.I don't think i'll ever be able to forget you.
In the meantime, I'll just keep filling
Sandcastles of grains, hoping the next
bucket says "He loves me".
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Poetrylove poems to strangers i'll never meet; an ode to heartbreak and the bleak divine-ness of it all. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2020 by Kate H.