Sap
and snot and sweat
Lips, seizing my breath
You, shushing the war
Of who we were born to be
Versus who we have become

Thumbprints, mangled by hair
Redirecting us from memories
Too intense
To be studied closely

Lashes, kissing my brow
Proving we keep
The same images in there
Mostly dark,
But with streaks of light
That could blind us both
All over again

How long can we live
In the wake of a youth
So bright that it burned itself out?

Trust,
With all the spit and skin and salt
We have ever been-
We will end this together.