dreams resume

where slipped between the sheets again
with you

lazy afternoons
intrude and coat my rash decisions
with regret

i can break down too

in the quiet of a night between two breaths of those i love

I can falter too

I can be imperfect and learning and not the statue of reason and support so many require from me

I can be weak and petty too

choosing to break and release and feel bad for me

I can be human too

I used to wrap around myself
curled inward and broken
compressed to my desires, spoken
to my loneliness

And then I met you.
                                                       and you.
                                                                                        and you.

But then I met fire
and tears
and rain
I met heartbreak
and sadness
I met immovable pain

now here I remain,
curled inward and broken
compressed to my desires,
returned home to

lonely.