saige

saige Sep 2018

"This sounds crazy," I warn above the drums. "But this song... It makes me feel like jumping off a cliff."

Like a whip, his bangs nod beside me. "That's 'cause it's not a song," he says, then belts the chorus. "It's an anthem."

And we keep marching on.

saige Sep 2018

Get gone.

when the sky above
is about as gray as the
horse you're riding on

Go home.

saige Sep 2018

trespassing on. the garden of. eden.

her body. beneath mine. sprawled out like. a whole new world. and a home planet. all in one. no wonder i'm. crash landing into.
her

saige Sep 2018

no/elle

staring through her stainglassed eyes
i realize
angels are the only kind
of alien
i can't believe in

saige Sep 2018

i wish it weren't so, but -

"i don't want anyone."
your voice cracks. "that's okay, i'll wait."
"wait for what?"
"forever, if i have to."

i won't be worth it.

saige Sep 2018

what if we already did?

yesterday you promised
to always find me
in the
next room, next town
next year
next life

do you remember?
when we met?
too young to love
too young to know

but

what if
that moment
those monkey bars and
mulchy knees and
matching eyes

what if
that was us
finding
reuniting
in this
lifetime?

saige Sep 2018

you forgot to breathe before i learned to dance (i still blame you for this)

i can spin you now
i just can't
prove it

because of you
i bought tapes
box-step and etiquette
and burned my best cigar
like incense, in practice
the bullet i was saving for
our last day

for christsake, please
spin me now!

around
around
around around

because of you
my world is over
my life is stubborn

my god, at least
pinch me now!

i held your hand
and let you go
(or was it down?)
that shell of a day
up in smoke
i'd already
ingested

and i survived
because you
didn't

dance with me