Warmth

I love you.

Blue eyes and lungs

filled up with smoke

The silence stings me,

like a wasp in the summer

Our mouths only moved

to let out the smoke,

as we let out our emotions

long ago

And this winter night

staring into the pitch black,

I'm wondering why you're here

what you're thinking 

I'm starting to realize

that I am the one who

lingers, when you left

long ago

I guess nicotine and coffee

are my only friends in this fight.

I guess the reason I'm so stuck

to you, like a magnet is

The warmth, of your beating chest

it keeps me warm, 

but you

you have no warmth

I've studied the masks,

I know all the rules,

I've mastered the games,

but I can't do it for you

So keep me warm,

but I won't stage a 

theater for you, no 

I refuse to play

I want it to stay the same,

even though by tomorrow's 

daylight, you'll be gone 

like the smoke from our mouths.