if you fall for someone's leaves and not for their roots

what do you do when autumn comes?

i raised my arms to see

the yellow fingerprint bruises

perfectly aligned

you promised to never let me go

i had no idea you would be so literal.

last night I dreamt of you

this morning I awoke

thinking of you

tonight I'll dream of you

in the morning I'll awaken

thinking of you

I can't explain.

I don't care to try.

You breathe my name into
your chest, letting me settle
like dust into your bones.

Tethering me to this moment,
eyes fierce, burning as vibrant
as tiger lilies in a vengeful sun.

Your fingers burning holes in
our sheets, leaving remnants
of their disgust in my scars.

Even to this day I cannot stay
up for the sunrise, I find your
taste infused on my tongue.

And I'm still left to wonder if it
was Lucifer I saw in your eyes
or the gods that condemned me.