#imprinting
a world
of nostalgic
facsimiles.
i met someone
who looked
like you.
She looked at me
with the same eyes
you used to,
the cruel mix between
devil-may-care
and miserable.
searching vain, searching
ridiculous,
I make a joke of myself--
remember
the time
I bought a
scruffy looking
black mouse
from a pet store
at whim
to replace the one that died
when I
was 6
but I can hardly replace you
with this pale
stranger
but i can hardly lay
your own few-ounce body
to rest
Dec 9, 2016
Dec 9, 2016 at 3:13 PM UTC
I wear many masks if you keep me at a distance
I make an art of emotional masquerades
So if you are wise you will keep me at a distance
I tend to become attached once you let me within arm's length
And you will learn terrible things you didn't need to know
About the things that break me or that broke me long ago
So smile sweetly, stranger, from miles far away
I'm impulsive and imprinting
Hate it though I may
Aug 14, 2016
Aug 14, 2016 at 12:29 AM UTC