oh, god.

there's something i forgot to tell you,

something i dispersed and buried deep within my heart.

i tucked it 

under the floorboards that creak

and planted it 

with the wallflowers that bloom 

above your bed. 

you were so beautiful.

you caught me in your

butterfly-net leggings,

dripping nectar from your

honey cone eyes.

with your dying flower petal 

skin and broken stem voice,

oh, god, you are so beautiful. 

you smudged magic across your lips

with coal from the fire 

in your throat

and cast a salty spell on 

my confiding tongue. 

you showered the lining of my skin

with kisses,

your fingers left traces of glitter

in my hair,

where i could always smell you.

the sun in your voice 

left secrets

on my darkened skin.

i can feel 

your silent fingers playing 

lullabies down the keys

of my spine, 

oh, darling, 

i can feel your amber eyes

abiding me to your

encasing arms

you were my sweetest melancholy

but oh, you would not 

be loved.

i kissed the dew from 

your heavy lashes, 

but when the sun

rose, you always had

stars in your eyes. 

you pulled me to the horizon

dimming behind your hands,

and i had the inclination 

to dissolve 

into the light

between your outstretched fingers.

but oh, god,

you washed out my mind 

with one wave of your 

secretive tongue,

you woke me with one 

snap of your teeth 

and i watched you 

swallow the key

to the shackles 

sorrowing your heart

all because you would not

be loved.

you came 

and went like a spark.

the shape of your lips was

scorched onto my skin;

snagged 

on the thorns growing around the bed post,

i cursed your name and began 

to shake 

because i couldn't

feel you 

anymore.

your absence pressed a weight on my tongue, 

bitter from the 

iron kisses you scarred 

on my wrist,

you'd left the empty cavern of

my chest, 

setting fire to the

brittle 

bridge structure of 

my ribs and 

i began to break down

every moment of silence

because 

there's something i forgot to tell you.

Reviews

[Lobster Goldberg]

Very interesting poem! The quick nature of it really takes the reader for a ride

[LetMeLaughLetMeSing]

oh

really gripping and moving piece. i love how you broke up the lines... it's so beautiful asdlkfjd you're so great