The last time she gave me a compliment was the time the mirror was tilted towards the sun and her rays wrote the words of beauty very bright .. so that her eyes could see
I am her body a clingy companion unwanted a friend-zoned partner.. with so much life to give … loved at once, and ignored many maybe if I jolt pain she’d look at me..
I am her eyes she doesn’t see choses not to, her vision distracted ..by …
the blue sky, attention like a goldfish in a fishbowl, with all the blue, but maybe this blue is new..
I am her ribs, they show, that’s a good thing but I am suffocating on the skin that’s covered me too close they layer me like sand dunes, sculpted by time rubbing off by age, but hey they show.. that’s a good thing..
I am her belly breathing, many lovers loved… hands laid on me, I felt the caress and failed to warn her, it won’t last I didn’t know.. I am sorry
I am her hands, giving comfort, and warmth fingerprints caved deeper, every birthday she wrote, things her chords wouldn’t say her hands guided… and (have been) deserted loved and (have been) left lifted and (have been) dropped warmed and (have been) solo gave and (have been) taken warned and (have been) stabbed
I am her legs gapped by less and less food more and more steps less .. more… .. walks away… counts calori……. steps
I am her mind.. a territory of landmines placed by past experiences sugarcoated with sprinkles baked to perfection the mastermind of the strategy the lighthouse for many .. but not her