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 Jun 2013 Marissa Christie
chels
Sometimes, I forget about the other you.
He slips through the gaps between your teeth,
and his voice creaks from your throat,
the same way my feet creak down
the wooden stairs
in the early
cracks of dawn.

His fingerprints become yours,
and it doesn't hurt anymore.
I'm secretly
            and inevitably
in complete
   and utter

  head over heels
in love
     with you.

But you will never know,
  for you are miles from me,
and with another girl,
who,
          I pray,
  will love you just as much as I will;

forever and a day.
 May 2013 Marissa Christie
chels
The flick of a lighter
brought us together
as something more
than friends.

We smoked because
we wanted a reason
to act stupid.
I wanted a reason
to text you,
telling you
how cute you looked,
and how much
I liked you.

I think you smoked
so that when
you deleted
all the text messages,
you would never
remember them.

We were sad,
so we became
fingertips
stained with stale smoke.
We became
nervous quirks and
bellyaches
whenever we went to sleep
on our stomachs.
We became more
than just four people
in a small room with
bedsheets as walls -
We became much more
than water boiling on a
***** stove in a
dark kitchen
we
were
alive
 May 2013 Marissa Christie
chels
the white elephant in the room
takes up
all my oxygen
and sits on my chest
until i can no longer breathe
your name is always
on the tip of my tongue
and if you
wrap me in a blanket
and place me by the fire,
in the flames
i'll see your smile,
but if i blink
it'll disappear
because our time
while full, was fleeting
and now you are just
dandelion seeds
in the summer breeze
that will land
in another yard
to make someone else's
wishes come true

— The End —