The very real real

The very real real

 

 

do you still remember me

when the lights of suggestion

are darkened by unobstructed

truth

could you still love me

when i stand before you

naked and flawed

 

it is all rhetorical

to think that we deserve

another's attention

in our most ebony moments

 

so, i must clothe myself

in apology

and wait until you

reach for my shadow.

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/9/25