POETRY

i signed a petition of pain when i first met you

my love, do you see,
that i am simply dying to bleed?
cross your fingers and look to the skies,
my love, my heart will remain in disguise .

can you count the faded lines,
dancing on my thighs?
or can you count the way
that my mouth could reconstruct every lie?

my weeping heart will pray, my darling
oh lord, can't you see?
that i am simply in love with falling.
oh—my love, just look at me one more time.

my love for you is thinning,
but please, don't let that distract you from
the world that remains spinning.
love, please keep the way your voice gently hums.

i own these,
shaking, quaking, and crumbling lands.
intertwined among my fingertips,
i could release a lunar eclipse.

my time is running thin,
but my darling, we still have everything.
i'll leave a note on the dresser—
just so you don't have to call when i exit.