#realityvsillusion
There’s a love deeper than it can swim –
Anxious of itself, that it can barely breathe…
A breath so anxious of that very first touch;
As we spin fantasies around a favourite crush…
Our courage never matches what a dream does.
When my eyes open, can my spirit open to you,
Leaning into you; my heart beating harder, like it’s
Learning to beat for two... could I be madly in love,
But still make sense of it all… sense when you’re
Not okay, even when you say “we’re okay.”
Keeping the memory of our young love –
It’s nostalgic ideal; though ideally, we can’t swim,
As far as we hope to see; can’t breathe any harder
When it’s real; but maybe when it’s real, we stop
Living through a reel, trying to capture a moment
That isn’t, “our real,” but only if you want that,
Only if you choose to be real with me.
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM UTC