I am too old
to still pretend
that like you
I too saw the rainbow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn’t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
yes I looked for it
but for me the skies
did not make love
upon an ocean’s dream
this time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and yes
it does stir at my intimate emptiness
to admit that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(in the way breathing
as an act of love
sometimes feels
like screaming an ocean
into the void beneath my breastbone
without even a sigh’s reply)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as though I am not part of this story,
not even of its audience,
I am just the page you forgot to write it on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and no I did not see the shooting star either
nor would I make a wish
because I am now at the age of my third heartbreak<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and nowhere else do I feel as welcome
as I do onto this silence
that sits like a tightrope suspended between our bracing lips<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and I could wish that I no longer feared falling
but I too feel somewhat welcome there<\/p>\n\n\n\n
how can one not when he is quicksand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when every touch
collapses me
collapses you
collides us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am smaller than you think I am!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
please tell me that you know that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
please show me
that I fit
in the palm of your hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
like spring<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and peel from me
these memories
of a lifetime looking in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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