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if this is love then you can drown in it

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i am waiting 
for someone to flip me inside out.
trace the betraying veins 
from seashell-pink country roads
somewhere dodging 
my thigh, up close 
to the red highways 
and a clotted intersection 
with a pulsing red glow.
i am mapped perfectly. 
even the flaws are pretty much accounted for, 
scribbled in hazy lines 
somewhere on stained sheets. 

can you see me? i imagine you
lying naked,
body spilled on the bed like cold milk, 
hips brushing mine 
with twin-bone love-languages.
grey waterstain mouth, no lipstick, moving 
too slow 
to find the words 
you have been searching 
so desperately for. 
just let me help you, 
i'm good with words. i'm good 
at making out with them 
in the dark. 

but when it gets light, i have to squint. 
talking becomes strange, 
words are blisters. so many shades of candy reds and valentine pink
open sores on my tongue. 
lay down with me, 
if you can't trust me to say the right things.
my head falls to rest
on your chest and 
sleep crowds my speckled eyes, 
swimming through the snarls in my hair.
light is blue, aqua kiss, pale
bone-tinted periwinkle 
shines at me from under your skin. 

i am a cold bouquet 
who reaches hesitant stems into many pools of water.
maybe i shouldn't cry 
for stems snipped, 
for thorns pruned, 
petals shaken free.
you might tell me that i can only mourn that i am not silk.
_______________
"You want it all but don’t care what you want
Feel complete, uh it’s good
You sleep by my side, it’s understood
It’s not too late you wanted it good

Through the hosiery
To the armory 
To the nothing
How do you feel when you can’t feel nothing?"
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FuzzyHoser's avatar
Gosh, I'm envious of how you put words together. :heart: