For Allie
#Allie #Fumes #Heartbeat #Jen #Jenay #Unfolding
Despite the rips in between the se… I can’t escape my bones, I can’t fight the dreams, So I wait but, I can’t manage to speak,
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks, Can I have running through the wo…
You never loved me, Only the taste of my name, As it lingered on your slithering… Falling out, dripping, With poisons of promises,
Carefully and slowly, I unfold myself from inside, Dark and lowly, I swallow my pride, I let her out,
Stumbling over words, Like a child stumbles over shoe la… Left undone. Every word I want to say, Left undone.
I’m always enamored with, Short periods of time, With fantasies of, Your hand in mine.
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks.... Can I have running through the wo…
No implications, Did I notice at the time, Only the key strokes.
The warmth of my tea, How lovely at six a.m. Oh! The little things.
You collect calluses, Like precious gems, Revering their form, Keeping them close, And if it wasn’t for me,
“You’re trapped.” He explains, My body is bare, I’m losing time, And losing air.
Tried to meditate, too many different people, are inside my head.
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,
I’m not a side dish, I’m not a left—over, you can’t put me away, you can’t save me for later, as with all things,
‘We’re the same’, Teetering on edges of lines, I ca… And you say again ‘we are the same… Conflating words, Of an honest one,