And in that moment
The world was wrapped around my heart
like a hug
Until the beat
became a hum
That sounded just like our song.
My fingers felt like feathers
at the end of a five foot wing span
that suddenly seemed boundless
as I reached towards forever
and you.
I bent my legs like the rules
to lean into the memories of you
I had promised not to keep.
I only ever wade in them,
It's not safe to go too deep.
My feet hung like dream catchers
Heavy with hope
that they might catch you
wandering the space between my eyelids
and the night sky.
My hands were nomads
tracing the maps on each your palms
trying to remember their way home.
You held worlds like water
and me.
Only ever taking sips
so your thirst stays hungry
while it drips
between fingers spread too wide
from wear.
I found god between your ankles
Shaking like shackles
as I kneeled.
We only spoke in whispers
every broken word was healed.
The world rocked
when you walked away
My arms spread wide
Like a plea to stay.
But your wrists were teathered
to a feathered dream
That wouldn't come true
Unless you left me,
unless I let you.
My eyes were crystal *****
watching you go
in the only way you knew how
over and over
again.
And in that moment,
I was a hurricane in your hands,
I was the ocean at your feet.
But you could only ever wade in me,
It wasn't safe to go to deep.
Sep 19, 2014
Sep 19, 2014 at 4:03 PM UTC
And in that moment
The world was wrapped around my heart
like a hug
Until the beat
became a hum
That sounded just like our song.
My fingers felt like feathers
at the end of a five foot wing span
that suddenly seemed boundless
as I reached towards forever
and you.
I bent my legs like the rules
to lean into the memories of you
I had promised not to keep.
I only ever wade in them,
It's not safe to go too deep.
My feet hung like dream catchers
Heavy with hope
that they might catch you
wandering the space between my eyelids
and the night sky.
My hands were nomads
tracing the maps on each your palms
trying to remember their way home.
You held worlds like water
and me.
Only ever taking sips
so your thirst stays hungry
while it drips
between fingers spread too wide
from wear.
I found god between your ankles
Shaking like shackles
as I kneeled.
We only spoke in whispers
every broken word was healed.
The world rocked
when you walked away
My arms spread wide
Like a plea to stay.
But your wrists were teathered
to a feathered dream
That wouldn't come true
Unless you left me,
unless I let you.
My eyes were crystal *****
watching you go
in the only way you knew how
over and over
again.
And in that moment,
I was a hurricane in your hands,
I was the ocean at your feet.
But you could only ever wade in me,
It wasn't safe to go to deep.
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