like autumn leaves
we came tumbling down
the weight on our shoulders too heavy
a burden too great
for our fragile frames
and as the coldness of winter came,
i felt my lips crack little by little
just as you did
crumbling
numb yet painful
your fingers became skinnier
yes, i noticed
the warmth that used to resonate
from them
had gone
and upon your dainty wrist
the lines of your past
grew more prominent and red
i heard you
when you thought i couldn't
when you didn't hear my keys
opening the front door
over your sorrowful drowning sobs
i know you thought i didn't care
you didn't want me to
but i did
you, the sculpture of a life
so beautiful
seeing you crumble to dust before me
broke me
i would fumble at your feet searching
for anything
strong enough
to put you back together again
you were destroying yourself
yet so unaware of it
and it was like knowing two people sometimes
i begged you to realize beauty
but you shed bitter tears
until you were blind to it
and before i could do anything,
you turned to dust.
YOU ARE READING
peaches n chlorine
Poetryon crying into virtual shoulders and feeling momentarily comforted book 2 of my stupid rants and journaling cause i don't have anymore notebooks irl i'll probably regret this later in life ohgod © copyright may 2017
