It’s in the phantoms of your arms - the path and the smoke you leave behind just outside my focal length that fund the false peace I tended to
My legs can’t replicate the steps the adrenaline is still there, dancing closely as to syncopate a pulse just to melt the wax and feel warmth imagining that something would change.
How cruel your compassion became how damning your gentle touch completely enrapturing me in memory looks like we’re both trying to quit something