One for Me

Where you sit

Hunchbacked to mine

Think of ourselves

And waste all our time




Reach the lock

And try the key

You left on the ground

Next to me




If my arm could

Twist to hear

Your racing thoughts

Blocked at your ears




Soon enough

The silence breaks

And all of your words

Lay out in wakes




Comb through words

Her hair of silk

That spill like strains

Of runny milk




Reading her prose

On her page

And see if you can’t

Squeeze in your name




Find the last line

Her permanent ink

Let your name float

And see if it sinks




If I land

On my feet

I’ll take the other lines

Down with me




Candles float

And flicker so soft

Sending a sweet

Rose petal waft




Arms tight like

A ziplock bag

To suffocate me

Make me glad




I refuse

To believe

You’re not the right

One for me




I refuse

To believe

You’re not the right

One for me




Widow’s peak

Of the white sun’s dress

Layered so soft

On the morning theft




You’ve taken all

But still stayed true

And I’m still left

With nothing but you