laceyWhisper

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OceanThere is wet sand in my veins / and I’ve never seen the ocean- / but I thought I saw it in your eyes.

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I Carry Your WatchI've carried your watch in my pocket for weeks / the silver brace stays cold / mocking my weary legs with its ice-circle.

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A we.we are a rhythm, / your presence and mine. / the notes tap our skin

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scattering-touchesunattended- detached- jilted- vacant- disassociated / never been these things. wait- except- / sort of- internally.

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older.Tall, and sagacious, with unassailable secrets / locked by crooked keys in rusted chests - / stoic glances - upturned lips hiding more I want to see.

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amaranthineamaranthine (adj.) - endless / I have fallen in love over 735 times. Some things can not be stopped. I have worshiped fingers with my tongue, and memorized their muscle shapes and skin: everyone’s skin tastes different. I have relished voices and lips and the way sounds escape between them. At night I hear them in my head counting backwards for me, and lulling me into another lover. / I have fallen in love with my dreams, every night. In the morning when I push my legs over the edge and take my first conscious breath, I realize I will never see you again. Dream.

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Walk On.There's footsteps all over me.. / maybe I should stand up.

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YellowBranches twisting in my head, stiff with frozen dew / -Things I maybe should have said and words I thought were true. / Branches crowding all the rooms it's hard to find my way

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Sleep SpinsWe were on a roof, dancing, twirling, and getting so close to the edge a slight error in movement would send / us plummeting to the sand a hundred feet below. / I held his hand and we progressed like a current of illuminated pearls bouncing on a trampoline.

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