"
He sat at the edge of the stool and married his hands rigidly on his lap as he watched the pair move out of sight towards the exit. He left the club later in the night feeling uneasy, not due to the gurgle of toxins in his empty stomach, but simply because of the girl who seemed to belong to everyone but him.
"
{ A bittersweet tale inspired by Zayn's album and the amorous songs in it.}
as strong as the bones beneath,
the skin of mine
i am,
embraced with scars, stripes, constellations, and yours
as strong as skin I am.
{ cover drawn by yours truly }
" in a man's withered face
etched with chasms of age and ire ,
goodness
is merely
a fragile freckle
&
a man's heart
veined with vain ,
glistens golden
only when kissed by the sun . "