Today you found me candy-
coated on the kitchen floor.
A cigarette trembling
in between two of my fingers.
You tried to pick me up,
but my skin and bones were no more.
Though I'm nearly gone,
your idea of me makes me linger.
And when the days turns to dust,
I will still be here for you.
We are both broken people,
conceived by our own reprieves.
So do not pick me up,
just lay with me like you used to.
And hopefully neither of us,
will feel the need to leave.
May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013 at 10:15 AM UTC
Today you found me candy-
coated on the kitchen floor.
A cigarette trembling
in between two of my fingers.
You tried to pick me up,
but my skin and bones were no more.
Though I'm nearly gone,
your idea of me makes me linger.
And when the days turns to dust,
I will still be here for you.
We are both broken people,
conceived by our own reprieves.
So do not pick me up,
just lay with me like you used to.
And hopefully neither of us,
will feel the need to leave.
© Amara Pendergraft 2013
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