YOU KEEP SPITTING PROMISES FASTER THAN THEY CAN LEAVE YOUR TONGUE
BABY THEY KEEP HITTING THE FLOOR LIKE SHELLS FROM A GUN
BUT YOUR MOUTH IS RUNNING A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR AND I CAN'T HELP BUT STARE AT HOW SWEET YOUR LIPS LOOK
HOW DO YOU MAKE YOURSELF SO INNOCENT WHEN THE SUN IS SETTING FIRE TO THE HORIZON?
HOW CAN YOU MAKE LIES SOUND SO SMOOTH I WANT TO COLLECT THEM ON A NECKLACE
T U G ON THEM JUST TO FEEL THEM
S R P
C A E
AGAINST MY SKIN
AND BABY ALL THESE WORDS ARE NOTHING NEW YOUR MOUTH IS A SEWER SPOUTING THE SAME SHIT OVER AND OVER
I'M JUST DUMB ENOUGH TO STICK AROUND WAITING FOR YOU TO STRIKE GOLD
- does she care you can't go a day without lying? does it matter i clean the wounds she keeps rubbing salt in? and why are you so blind, pretty baby? so blind to how i'm the only one who lingers on waiting for a piece of your fading truth?
Dedicated to Kallibmatic Ava I know you don't believe in past lives but I swear we must have met before because you are a piece of me I can't believe I ever lived without
YOU ARE READING
NEPTUNE BURNS
Poetryyou once asked why i never felt good enough to love you, this is why All rights reserved ©️2018 immortalitatis- cover by the lovely @hurtcopain
