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Dead birds

by alexcontreras

She said, I love you, sometimes 
I hate when you cry
 Never have I met a man
 Who wanted so badly to die. I told her, I don’t know what to do
 My earth doesn’t rotate without you. 
 Never have I met a woman 
 Who I wanted so badly to dig into. I know she doesn't like me. I know marriage together is highly unlikely. But when our stars fall onto the ground I know with open arms she's waiting to catch them all and pop them right into her eyes. Shimmering me with hope I'm buzzed with lust Not everything that falls resembles tears and cries. I’m missing something,
 She said.
 A piece of you
 The part that wants to be dead 
I say,
 My dream, it’s all in my head
 This is all pretend. I can’t imagine an even duller life
 Without her.
 I can’t imagine if she found a better lover. Secretly wish she’d kill herself with me.
 Together we’ll land
 SPLAT
 from the highest building in the city.
 She won’t cry with me
 She won’t die with me
 She doesn’t love me Although, sometimes I don’t love her. 
 Yet, I can’t imagine if she died.
 I can’t imagine if I actually pulled the trigger
 Together, while she backs out at the count of three.
 I’d say, the voices told me to do it
 I want to be free. 
 After all, baby, I always promised you a land
 That’s for only you and me. The loneliness kicks in I’m back to the start. 
I’m still aching, in my poor little heart. 
 Remembering her embrace
 And how I ruined her always.
 Maybe I never deserved her in the first place. I was more drawn to my sadness
 That I couldn’t seem to manage
 Her at her worst
 And see she, too, is damaged. I told her, 
To me, love’s never been as simple 
as four letters 
I can’t even define it Shit, not with my life.
 Not even if you paid me a million and two cents.
 Told her, 
 With you, things make more sense
 A lot more than in my head.
 You can simplify it for me, can’t you baby?
 Simplify love for me in bed. You see, she's never loved anyone before. 
 Not her mother nor her father.
 When I asked her why, cold
 she answered, Why bother? She said, I love you, to an extent. 
 Just as long as we pretend
 I’ll always be with you
 Until the very end.
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Published
Sep 10, 2016
Time
4m
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#love#lust#rhyming#rhyme#freeverse
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