I unlearn this love,
Forget the electricity
that burns within me
as I catch your eye
Humming with the radio low
Push aside memories of your smell
The taste of whiskey on my fingers
Scratch your name away from toilet doors, note-books,
my skin
I remove memories as casually as you undressed me
Layer by layer
Turn my face away from dreaming
Teach my hands to be still
And I learn to breathe
With your hands around my neck
May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014 at 3:44 PM UTC
I unlearn this love,
Forget the electricity
that burns within me
as I catch your eye
Humming with the radio low
Push aside memories of your smell
The taste of whiskey on my fingers
Scratch your name away from toilet doors, note-books,
my skin
I remove memories as casually as you undressed me
Layer by layer
Turn my face away from dreaming
Teach my hands to be still
And I learn to breathe
With your hands around my neck