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Honesty and Secret Rivers

And if I were being honest with myself,

I'd say how much I miss him,

Draw his fingers on my notebook.

 

If I were feeling brave enough,

I'd tell you about the colour of his bare skin,

tell you how beautiful he was when the light poured in.

 

If I could bear to think about it,

I'd crawl through the spaces in my head, where love leaked in,

And stay a while.

 

If I were being honest with myself,

I'd admit how

I was actually on the brink

of giving him my love

 

or

 

 

that i did.

 

I'd paint his picture,

late at night in my room

he sitting in the sunlight facing me like god.

 

But --

 

I'm working a lot these days, trying to save for a car,

and there's no time for this sadness,

or so i tell myself.

 

 

and I'm filling my nights with grey smoke

and big groups of people,

 

or quiet reading.

 

And if i were being honest with myself,

beyond the layers of love,

I'd tell you about how underneath,

there is a tired heart,

and how it's little rivers of gold

 

are slowly fading.

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rosie-h
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Feb 15, 2015
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