i stare at a photo
of your face
years before you knew me
and i see a brightness
about you
i've never known
nowadays,
you look so strange to me
i liked it better when i viewed you from afar
when i didn't respond to the smell of your skin
when i had no idea what your lips felt like
on mine
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 at 12:28 PM UTC
i stare at a photo
of your face
years before you knew me
and i see a brightness
about you
i've never known
nowadays,
you look so strange to me
i liked it better when i viewed you from afar
when i didn't respond to the smell of your skin
when i had no idea what your lips felt like
on mine
