together,
and yet still apart.

we count our time in
minutes
hours
days
and are envious of the ones who stay.

kissing,
touching,
loving.
always wanting more,
but never getting enough.

in my dreams
we glide in the air,
as if we are birds from another world.
we wear the moon on our wrists,
the suns in our hearts,
and the stars in our eyes.
in my dreams
we exist as nothing,
and as everything.

and in my dreams
i have loved you for an eternity.

If love means having to burn this much,
then tell the moon
I'm the sun.

And I'm never going to sleep.

12 a.m
us
between the sheets
hunger hanging in the air
you reach for me
as i reach for you
you are the flame and i am the wick
slowly,
we
burn

first
i bare myself whole
put my insides on display
i ask politely that if you come
you have to stay

second*
it's been a while
you came and went
i knew the risk and i played the game
i had hoped i would win
but i lost anyway

i just wish i knew
why you gave me flowers
voluptuous and full of colour
and left
as soon as they started to fade