time is everything and we are running out of it--tick tick tick--my eyes twitch and my hands tremble but shaking doesn't bring you back--won't bring you back--shaking only rattles our bones and cracks our fingers--crack crack crack--and i cry for you--please please please stay stay stay with me--but you can't--you can't--we can't anymore--time is everything and we are running out of it--tick tick--slipping through our fingers like sand and blowing away with the wind--gone gone gone--you are gone gone gone and i reach in the dark for you but i can't see your eyes any more where are you--you promised--lies lies lies--time is everything and we are running out of it--tick
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the boys i've loved and the end of the world
Poetryfor the ones who used to love me, the ones who broke my heart, and the one who loves me now. and for you. for all of you. ~ catarine hancock's debut poetry collection. covering topics like love, heartbreak, feminism, growth, and more, these select...
