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Kiernan Norman
Poems
Jun 26
you are not
Less a flirtation than a duel,
you take the hit and then you hit back.
You know I won’t die of you.
More a free-fall than a slow burn,
I clear my throat and you reach for yours.
I know you’re keeping score.
You are not the last word,
but you are the only one I’d speak aloud.
You know you won’t live forever.
You are not the worst thing I’ve done,
but you are the only thing I can’t confess.
We will never be strangers.
Less a revelation than a metallic plea,
I come undone and you just come.
When I choose my words carefully, I choose you.
Betrayal is a heavy word I won’t hold against you,
and you won’t hold me.
More a truce than a treaty, we do this until we don't.
We blur out the edges then circle back around.
You are not the endgame,
but you are the only one I want to play.
april 2024
Written by
Kiernan Norman
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