white shirt
blue tie
lay next to me
and hold me close
when i'm falling apart
at the seams

a furtive glance
can you see me?
see through the pages
i hide behind
the words that
conceal my heart

locked in, solid
shivers in my skin
stretched thin to
the core,
love me anyway.

creaking joints
oil and wine
polka-dotted
rhythm


oh