"becausewe" poems
we pour our hearts out onto paper,
into the streets, i n t o someone's
mouth, into anything that
could even begin to hold all
that l o n g i n g, all those
staples and plaster a n d
glue. we forget that we
thought our love could
run like rivers, forget
that we had o u r
hearts set on some
b l u r r y, sunny
dream of a
future. w e
forgetbecause
we have to,
becausewe
need to,
because
otherwise
this will eat
us alive- this
will pull at our
seams from the
inside-out until all
of our pieces start
p o p p i n g off when
we're just trying to buy
groceries or play with our
nieces and nephews. we forget
because we have no other choice.
Jul 3, 2014
Jul 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM UTC