Tagged: stalemate

most days, it’s a strict

most days, it’s a strict
toleration, when no big
nor small gestures can

indicate otherwise – somewhere
between stillness and stalemate
.
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wedged between

wedged between
anticipation and summer’s
stillness, we gather across
brooklyn rooftops
for a temporary
relief from the
lengthy stalemate
.
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crossing you off the

crossing you off the
list is not a win, nor a
loss, but a stalemate,

recognizing love can sometimes
grow stunted, refuse wings
.
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there are words you

there are words you
wish you can say only
in water – words from
which you can swim
away, as if you didn’t
know how they
surfaced, floating equal
distance
between two
desperations still treading
allegiance, waiting
to be saved
.
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it’s hard to say

it’s hard to say
whether we knew
it was coming or
not. our wits
have a way of lying
so perfectly
to our bodies, all
of a sudden, a
stalemate
does not seem
so sudden
.
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