Love is a series of lanterns being lit
where there was no need for lights to be hung, unraveling at the
ceiling's spine
I set a flame by means of our hybrid blood.
Already bastard, just how infections are supposed to breed,
how love is supposed to be
I fear someone else has touched the vials.
She started a forest fire
that's traveled from grass to stars to hearts
and the meteors give false hope, seem all but perfectly like rain.
Calm, there
is a small peace in
having all your worst nightmares come true.
I understand these problems because
they first existed in my head, everything always begins as
cells in a body
now relief in seeing hurricanes split windows
because he would
understand, too.
Hanging from these rooftops is what is left of just the two of us
it looks pathetic like dead cigarette butts. Our
nerves tied into rope.
She has contaminated us
I cannot hold his hand without touching hers too, I cannot
love him without watching our foundation
burn to the ground
but the whole world is bright when there are three lovers inside.
handprints
Von girl--garden
“i did not know him, i knew my idea of him.” -sharon olds Mehr