infringed by heat

a timeline
// 2017-18, i fell in & out of love with you //
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you led me down the valleys that had
blooms fuller than your tufts of sandy hair.
canals and channels that held
out all of our longing kisses full of anticipation.
your hands held my arms and made
my heart melt.

in the garden, the stars are perfectly aligned into
pure beauty and when i turn skyward, it
reminds me of the soft, pale waves of your lips.
rose pedals and wine staining your skin
and the slight stench of cigarette smoke
shrouding the bubbled water of your running bath.

the way you say my name
is a crime of retrospective sadness and
the way you hold me in your arms is a
trial of collapsing & shooting stars.