15, sitting on the edge of your bed, you told me that you couldn't love me because the small of her back fit so perfectly pressed against your palms and the pink colored thighs matched the flushed cheeks, and it always, always drove you wild to watch her strip down, layers of cotton, denim, lace. i asked you if the weight of her own existence kept her up at night, or how she got that crescent shaped scar placed delicately under her left eye. the blank stare you replied with made me wonder what the point to seeing someone naked was when all they take off are their clothes.
6 months later, you tell me that skin renews itself every twenty seven days and it's been 4 weeks since you last held her. you smiled with full lips and said you felt like you finally rid yourself of her. it's been a year since you really spoke to me and i'm still wondering how you could love someone if all they touched was your skin.