Haiku
“You’re trapped.” He explains, My body is bare, I’m losing time, And losing air.
You collect calluses, Like precious gems, Revering their form, Keeping them close, And if it wasn’t for me,
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,
I’m always enamored with, Short periods of time, With fantasies of, Your hand in mine.
No implications, Did I notice at the time, Only the key strokes.
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,
‘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,
under florescents, the cigarette butts are like confe… glittering the sidewalk, with anxiety.
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks.... Can I have running through the wo…
I never thought I could crave a s… Like the one that sits across your… Distinctly scraped from the corner… Made in depths of dreams and forei… Its own presence, reflecting galax…
I feel like I could vomit tears, But that wouldn’t suffice, For amount of years together, Exactly twice, I have no idea...
I can’t say I know, The bed where you lay, The shape, color, and patterns, That makes up your day, I can only say now,
Stumbling over words, Like a child stumbles over shoe la… Left undone. Every word I want to say, Left undone.
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,
