your lips were bleeding ichor
i thought of you:
i. head underwater, they watch you
with cassiopeia eyes as you
seep into her star-stricken skin
ii. we carved our names in hearts
on the flesh of dryads, arms
branched out, head full of sky
ever-expanding, infinity between
our fingertips, but falling leaves
indicate that the tree is dying
iii. you're like a flower in the winter,
storm tucked behind your ears, and
oblivion in the corners of your lips
the summer heat is getting to your head
fall-ing for you-is the season of change
(but have i not changed enough for you?)
iv. i think of you spilling out the lyrics
to a heartsong, a blurry crescendo,
with the drip-drip-dripping melody
of the november rains and the honey
sunsets that fill up your cheeks that
you'll never realize you're singing all the
w r o n g w o r d s
vi. your icarus heart melts in the light
and wings are all but wax *(burn,
baby, burn)* and you don't know what
you've got until it's gone
vii. your lips are bleeding ichor,
but gods don't bleed...
Mar 2, 2014
Mar 2, 2014 at 2:15 AM UTC
your lips were bleeding ichor
i thought of you:
i. head underwater, they watch you
with cassiopeia eyes as you
seep into her star-stricken skin
ii. we carved our names in hearts
on the flesh of dryads, arms
branched out, head full of sky
ever-expanding, infinity between
our fingertips, but falling leaves
indicate that the tree is dying
iii. you're like a flower in the winter,
storm tucked behind your ears, and
oblivion in the corners of your lips
the summer heat is getting to your head
fall-ing for you-is the season of change
(but have i not changed enough for you?)
iv. i think of you spilling out the lyrics
to a heartsong, a blurry crescendo,
with the drip-drip-dripping melody
of the november rains and the honey
sunsets that fill up your cheeks that
you'll never realize you're singing all the
w r o n g w o r d s
vi. your icarus heart melts in the light
and wings are all but wax *(burn,
baby, burn)* and you don't know what
you've got until it's gone
vii. your lips are bleeding ichor,
but gods don't bleed...
written for caitlan zufelt
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