Take with you my spirit.
I brought it with me when I visited;
Tasting of apples, smelling of cheap perfume:
Happy to see you.
With no key, no schedule,
I was the Prince, you were Repunzel:
Smiling at me out your window.
Your arms were my favourite place in the world.
Take with you the picture
Of my sad eyes: heavy and puffed.
Holding my own hand.
Happy that I now could.
I made my choices, lost my way.
You learned more about me then.
Frown lines cracked my porcelain face.
Your presence offered me solace.
Take with you my love;
It stayed around all these years.
Missing your hands, searching for your eyes.
Happy to have met them.
Time took with it the motions.
Though, inside me we both stand still.
I catch glimpses of your arms, and your delight,
But you are no longer in the crowd.
Mar 19, 2024
Mar 19, 2024 at 1:59 PM UTC
Take with you my spirit.
I brought it with me when I visited;
Tasting of apples, smelling of cheap perfume:
Happy to see you.
With no key, no schedule,
I was the Prince, you were Repunzel:
Smiling at me out your window.
Your arms were my favourite place in the world.
Take with you the picture
Of my sad eyes: heavy and puffed.
Holding my own hand.
Happy that I now could.
I made my choices, lost my way.
You learned more about me then.
Frown lines cracked my porcelain face.
Your presence offered me solace.
Take with you my love;
It stayed around all these years.
Missing your hands, searching for your eyes.
Happy to have met them.
Time took with it the motions.
Though, inside me we both stand still.
I catch glimpses of your arms, and your delight,
But you are no longer in the crowd.
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