Nicholas and Plato

You may claim

that we'll just be friends

And that is how

it was meant to be.

Ten years from now,

I will still want

The taste of my tobacco lips

to swill in your whiskey

while your anxious tongue

flicks your Monroe.

I will bend the crease

in the fiercest of your coattails

and stupidly wonder why

I burrow into green waters

at once shimmering and empty

To allow myself to see

my rough hands

grabbing you by the collar

And pulling you closer

To keep you away. Forever.

As It Should Be

It has been lovely knowing you.

How Not To Fall In Love

It was an empty embrace, meant more to comfort than to love. You saw what you wanted, and I saw what I wanted, but we couldn't see what it wasn't or was.

It wasn't lust that held you against me.

It was desire that made you her.

Your kisses froze on my cheek like tears on rough winter mornings. I dared not cry, silently sinking lower into the depths of my shame. I have no place to hide.

Apply Your Heart

You will forego devotion.

All you have to do is

step onto

the path

of love.

Solo

"what do you know of home

when you find yourself

awake

in a new place

every morning?

I shall relinquish

the warmth of

your memories

erased in my mind.

This is what

I've become.

Crying 'help'

in the recesses

of my heart."

In One Night

"Quiet" says the voice

"quiet, and listen.

Hear the beating of his heart.

Can you tell apart the ache from the desire?

Or are you just keeping time

to the rhythm of his pulse?"

Fathers and Widows

Like a father to impress

Like a Mother's mourning dress

If we ever make a mess

I'll do anything for you.

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I did everything for you. Everything. For You.