Keep Hope

If the simples words you muttered
Into necklines
Into skylines
If they were enough to keep you here
You would be safe

If I find myself missing anything about the
Buttons on the denim
Or the feel of hands
My hand
Against
Scalp,
Your scalp

I will toss them into whatever ocean you can see
Watch it capsize and sink and then wave goodbye
With your palms tilted towards your eyelids
To catch the moisture that won’t fall
‘Cause you’re the tough guy, right?

I guess what you don’t realize, baby
Is that you’re not so great after all
And my days have continued and I am living well
The colors of any sunset from this day forward
Won’t change
Or falter
Or fade because of you
And how does that make you feel?

Kept swearing and shouting within your own blue
And your white
Kept leaving and wanting more and more and more
But you won’t ever get it, will you?

Trying to be your everything left me with nothing
Subtraction
Thus, addition

Keep hoping you’re missed.
 

Author's Note

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