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Jan 2015 · 379
The Test
Alex Nabozny Jan 2015
The test is
How casually I can press my lips
Against his.
While staying both passionate
And disconnected.
I have some faith in my ability
to do this,
Because part of growing up
Is letting go of every expectation.  

Revised:

I was taking a test
In how casually I could press
My lips
Against his.
While staying both passionate
And disconnected.  
It was ease enough.
Until he opened himself up
And let me in.
Ive been falling for some time
But its not so bad, with his hand in mine.
Nov 2013 · 418
Suicide
Alex Nabozny Nov 2013
She says
"I'm just exhausted"
As if the proof
isnt written on
her skin.
"They're all just waiting
to see how I break"
But I dont think she will
because
I dont think she can.
But
The smile on her lips
is a half assed solution.
She once said
"I cant comprehend death"
And
I cant help wondering
"Can she comprehend his?"
Nov 2013 · 481
He named her "Mistake"
Alex Nabozny Nov 2013
He says
"Do you remember
when your name
sat on the tip
of my tongue
And I loved
you more
than I've loved
anyone.
Can you imagine
how it feels
when my friends
and family say
Theyre happy
youre happy
and they hope he
keeps you that way."
I say
"I earned the right
to move on
the night
you made
holding her hand
a bad habbit,
and a question
of your taste."
He says
"I made a mistake
you could have forgiven me."
I say
"I refused to make
the same mistake repeatedly."
Nov 2013 · 305
Theres more
Alex Nabozny Nov 2013
He says
              I know you don't sleep at night.
              I haven't been doing too well myself.
I say
              I guess I'm really not ready yet.
              I know I need to be moving on as well.
Oct 2013 · 347
Here, Now
Alex Nabozny Oct 2013
His eyes are as angry
as
his lips are hungry
He says
This is why he needs me.

He holds my hands
like
he never will again
He says
He wont think about leaving.
Oct 2013 · 632
It's easy
Alex Nabozny Oct 2013
The experts say its easy.
"Stop thinking.
You think to much about..
well everything.
Thats why you're so **** unhappy."
And I wish it was that easy.
As if I could just stop thinking,
pick up my fork
my phone
my life.
As if I could just be happy.
Oct 2013 · 426
Long fingers, long stories.
Alex Nabozny Oct 2013
His fingers are long,
like the seasons they have seen.
And the stories they depict
His heart is patch upon patch.
He's awfully giving,
when hes receiving.
His tongue is coated in lies
the ones hes spewed and crystalized
so he will remember.
Sep 2013 · 854
It's an emergency
Alex Nabozny Sep 2013
Her eyes were lined in red,
she said
"the phones arent working."
Her voice is shaking.
"Come again?"
"The phones aren't working. Theres an emergency."
Her voice cracks on that word.
Emer
gen
cy?
Almost a question.
Though we know its not.
"What can I do for you?"
"Get the paramedics."
And her hands are shaking.
I grab the phone.
My hands start shaking.
"Theres an emergency."
Emer
gen
cy?
"She says he's not breathing."
And shes barely breathing.
With her eyes lined in red.
But she manages
answering
the four questions
they ask.
Only four.
Because its an Emergency.
Emer
gen
cy?
Sep 2013 · 301
Alone Together
Alex Nabozny Sep 2013
I didn't expect my phone to ring,
He didn't expect an answer.
Which
sums up
most of our
Interactions.
We make small talk at 4 A.M.
Like its the anthem of the unattached
But that's more than nothing.
If either
One of us                                              
Had any strength
We'd move on with our lives.
But I guess instead                            
We have our minds set
That its better
To be alone together.
Sep 2013 · 335
Just like this..
Alex Nabozny Sep 2013
He pulled my head to his chest.
And with his fingers on my neck,
he said
"It doesn't have to mean a thing,
if you want to spend the night with me
We can lay here just like this,
we can stay here just like this."
I kept my head on his chest.
And with my fingers on his wrist,
I said
"Will you turn the TV down."
so he turned the TV off,                    
and he kissed my cheek.                    
And I kissed his mouth.                      
And he smiled into me,                        
and I didn't push him out.
Sep 2013 · 602
How is God, Mama
Alex Nabozny Sep 2013
I searched a lot today
Mama,
for your God.
tried to find the truth and make it stay
Mama,
what is God?
I prayed a lot today
Mama,
to your God.
asked him why he had to make me this way
Mama,
asked your God.
I yelled a lot today
Mama,
yelled at God.
from what I hear, I was made the wrong way
Mama,
thanks to God.
I cried a lot today
Mama,
where was God?
cried about you, and the things you used to say
Mama,
because your God.
I learned a lot today
Mama,
about myself
I learned I'm not perfect, and not perfect is okay
Mama,
you're no God yourself.
Sep 2013 · 366
It will fade
Alex Nabozny Sep 2013
"Have you ever been in love?"
And I think that I have.
But the memory, much like
the hue of his eyes,
is a bit too far gone to really
grasp.
"Have you ever been broken?"
And I think that I have.
But the lesson, much like
the tone of his voice,
is a bit too far gone to really
grasp.
Sep 2013 · 380
We say
Alex Nabozny Sep 2013
He says
"I don't miss her anymore"
And I know
he's just being polite,
because it's me.
I say
"I don't think about it anymore"
And he know's  
I'm just being vague,
because it's him.
Sep 2013 · 411
And there is..
Alex Nabozny Sep 2013
He made sure

to breathe me in,

"One last time."

     he said.

                                    And there is beauty

                                    in unfinished endings.

    “Can I call you,

        my lion?”

he jeered more for a smile,

   than a question.

                                     And there is happiness

                                     for tormented cynics.

He laced our fingers,

as though a corset.

   ”Does this have

        to end?”

                                      And there is romance

                                      in short stories.

— The End —