white mist fills my head
veins pump it into each cavity i hold
I am light yet heavy
floating at the bottom of the ocean
my body raw and naked
repulsing only myself

grief holds me to that hopeless sand
sinful stomach permanently lurching
the rocks of regret reside there
yesterdays poison long soaked into my soul

glasses of liquid brown
pills to dissolve my frown
boulders of remorse
surrounded by my greedy belly

an open wound to you a nosebleed
sharp thoughts now empty grog
pinned permanently to that oppressive seaweed
victim am I to the sea of fog

on warm days like these
my heart doesn't settle down
it just yearns to leave

when a poet falls in love with you
you can never die
they will notice the way
you rub your palms and look down
when someone is angry at you
and the way you smirk
as you pull away from a kiss

they will notice how you can't sleep
without your body touching someone else's
how you never crease any pages of books
and how you close your eyes when you dance in your kitchen
with your record player on

they will find all of the words
that they see you as
and turn them into something beautiful

people say you die twice
once when you stop breathing
and when someone says your name
for the last time

if you fall in love with a poet
they will never stop
mentioning your name
you will be alive
for eternity