And the morning after
is always tinged with regret;
I can see it in the sunrise before I
open my curtains.
If only I could pretend
that, some days, it doesn't
keep me better company
than my faithful lover.
© Indigo Kenna
Jul 14, 2022
Jul 14, 2022 at 4:01 AM UTC
Oh, it is so difficult to be loved
when you know you do not
deserve it.
I would destroy myself
if not for you,
but to do so would destroy you, too.
I still scrub away at the edges of myself,
but I cannot disappear
with you.
I am not used to love
and you chase me down with it as a torch;
I haunt you, a moth to your flame.
*How can I survive this
fire that does not burn?*
*I cannot hold on to you;
I will not hold on to you,
and yet you hold on
to me.*
The fire keeps the shadow alive.
(c) 2022 Indigo Kenna
Jun 10, 2022
Jun 10, 2022 at 2:33 AM UTC
I loved you
For an eternity.
But then you ended that eternity
With a knife.
(c) 2020 Indigo Kenna
Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020 at 1:02 AM UTC
Don't take away the burning chill of pain from me.
No, not yet.
Not while I still need it.
(c) 2020 Indigo Kenna
Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020 at 1:00 AM UTC
Lovely like the meadows,
Rugged like the cliffs;
You took a longing look at me
But then left me behind to drift.
(c) 2020 Indigo Kenna
Jul 21, 2020
Jul 21, 2020 at 1:36 AM UTC
I'm warm | alone
I'm comfortable | alone
And the blanket fort of who I am
Doesn't need anyone else
To help build it
(c) 2020 Indigo Kenna
Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020 at 4:11 AM UTC