Tagged: relationships

the beginning of

the beginning of
the end often starts with a
name offering – when

we gave lulu a name, we
made space for a new routine
.
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at the edge of sleep,

at the edge of sleep,
i am waiting for one of
your memories to

pull me down deeper, or is it
one of my memories, dead weight
.
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years of practicing

years of practicing
empathy just to survive –
these makeshift feelings
.
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love isn’t easy –

love isn’t easy –
you and i,
staring into
the abyss,
an unforgivable
ache
.
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please pardon me for

please pardon me for
noticing – you are a weird
shape to hold tonight
.
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beneath the cotton

beneath the cotton
candy kanzan blossoms, we
find ourselves and each

other, faces painted in sun
and shadows, a fresh camouflage
.
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first impressions run

first impressions run
deep – we keep remembering
one another just

as we were and not as we
have become, pressed by the world
.
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six-forty-five and

six-forty-five and
snoring – you are like clockwork, a
rude awakening
.
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at the end of the

at the end of the
night, i store all of these pinpricks
in my heart, absorbed,

melted down into coarser,
even coarser elements, pray
.
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the people we know

the people we know
and love, loved, still love are quite
easily the same

people who shoot to kill – warning:
not-an-intruder alert
.
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