I wanted you to

stay / on that day when we had no summer rains

and the night was perfect on that balcony seat

you stared / into my eyes

the stars were so bright I almost saw my soul

devoured / by your gentle touch on a couch

morning past three I jumped / into arms so soft

everything / right was falling

apart / like two lovers holding pieces

unshakable remains of dust spilled across

mountains / who used to be a singular heart beating

in a world so new / old things don’t matter anymore

as you wander / alone

without her / I wonder if you sometimes think of hands twined together

tomorrow / is a fool to believe we could have been

better / is a story I like to tell myself

when no one’s around / to see the blood and peppermint

in socks I slip into as I go out / at midnight in the Winter

snow is falling on statues we cherished / before

I told you farewell in silence / words I didn’t need to say

“stay.”

you would have left anyway