Thanks[for]giving

 

A smile lunges to my lips at

           first glance

            my heart racing                     too       fast

   for me to remember that

it has no reason to do this.

 

         the flare,

                        I thought was there,

                that I thought

                                could survive all the space

         could survive anything

    because our hearts beat so closely…

is burned out.

                                and I may be thriving

           on its                ashes

but you’re using them

                to make cement

                                to pave your way

                     away

                                   from it.

       away from late night

phone calls that made

                                the world make sense

 

away

         from the boy I thought

w[c]ould love me through

           anything.

 

 

And you smile

                                too.

                the nervous kind.

the type that shows

                    you don’t know

                           what to do

           or what to say.

                I guess that makes

                                us a pair again.

  for the split second[s]

                we spend awkwardly

           trying to make

                                conversation and

                                survive this.

Reviews

[kruser23]

i really liked this one, and this bit was brilliant.



and I may be thriving

on its ashes

but you're using them

to make cement

to pave your way

away

[rachel]

wow. this is amazing. I'd quote a line or two that I liked best but I think all of it was spot on. Maybe 'cause I could relate to this very well at one point in my life.