i watch you lie i can see it in the shape of your mouth so i turn off the lights in the dark i don’t see your twists easy all words are made equal when you can’t see their shadows i let you fill me up but you no longer spill over you’re sharing too much too generous your mother taught you to share too early kinder to keep some of it to yourself i break you but only inside of my head because outside i am all flowers and kisses you made me so white tulips to match your sweet lies wilted i watered you daily but all it did was drown our roots i dash your body with a little bit of salt and reach for the pepper flakes so i can feel the bite in my mouth i’d rather hot peppers erupt in my mouth than feed the fire of knowing where your gaze is small of your back is tender and freckled with constellations that i never knew how to read i sink your bones into your bed my head at your chest your mouth in my ear hot as i look away no poetry anymore but love is our poetry the lie we tell ourselves to make this worth it shoved deep into the corners of your bed i lose my edges i hear your words dripping with violets windy with the sound of you leaving rustles as you stand to get up to go to the bathroom you turn on the lights fumbling at your robe hushed shutting eyes in the light i see your shadows ✱✱✱
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