for the first time ever
i find myself to be so taken by someone
so in love
that it physically pains me.
my breath knocks,
my heart trembles,
my blood rages.
i’ve become a jumble of sensations
and there is nothing but him.

we had laid as one
“i can feel your heartbeat—“
perhaps the rain made me recall it.

you wrapped me in your arms
decorated me with kisses
my forehead,
each of my knuckles,
my cheeks,
my lips;
said you’re bound to me.
you took too much.
i have no more to give.

let me go.
let me go.
snip,
     snip,
          snip,
               snip.

and so
the tears filter through my lashes;
i let them salt my tastebuds.

there is a thread connecting us, you said
and i agreed
but one end is tied around my heart
while the other loosely circles your fingertip.

the sky is poignant with the scent of life
and the air is thick with color.

it is as though i can taste the stars
feel beats of ignescent hearts inside my cheek.