faces down
under the streetlights, glowing
neatly I declare with certainty
the words that keep you at my side

I ease in slowly
I love all that you say
I'm all teeth for you
all rainbows and smiles

the carnival curtains sway effortlessly
unseen, denied
and red lips, smeared and dripping
weave words in metallic 
unending and repetetive
they bury themselves deep
ease in and caress 
turn to static
as eyes wide, empty and blind
gaze from behind the stage
they don't care
don't feel

and when I finally get to you
I'm scared of all I could do


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an afternoon light
dull across the wood
in grey sunday
I push myself through the door
see a familiar face in the hallway
through the corridors
upside down
I feel the colors run
across the walls

in time
the spectres laugh
behind ruby lips
and echo the ages
in mirrors of gold

eyes, sapphires
gaze down
from forgotten tombs