Lately when boys talk to me they all remind me of you.
I keep opening my mouth to respond
but I can only recall the way
You managed to wordlessly
teach me that my body is deceptively
beautiful.
It is only a cage to hide
the wildness that paces
restlessly beneath my ribs.
(I am empty without it
but even more so without you.)
I have learned to pull the words
that I would say
back inside and swallow them
even though they leave my throat
so raw I can feel their barbs
every time I remind myself to breathe.
I am still reminding myself to breathe
ever since you placed your lips on mine
and took my breath away.
Give it back.
(I am suffocating.)
Come back.
( I am lonely.)
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 1:03 AM UTC
Lately when boys talk to me they all remind me of you.
I keep opening my mouth to respond
but I can only recall the way
You managed to wordlessly
teach me that my body is deceptively
beautiful.
It is only a cage to hide
the wildness that paces
restlessly beneath my ribs.
(I am empty without it
but even more so without you.)
I have learned to pull the words
that I would say
back inside and swallow them
even though they leave my throat
so raw I can feel their barbs
every time I remind myself to breathe.
I am still reminding myself to breathe
ever since you placed your lips on mine
and took my breath away.
Give it back.
(I am suffocating.)
Come back.
( I am lonely.)
——
