welch
April 23, 2019
stumbling down the streets i’ve walked
countless times before,
something
seems so unfamiliar.
sidewalks racing beneath us.
streetlights, i swear,
shining only for you.
elevator doors i won’t remember tomorrow
and finally
falling into a bed that holds me
and you pull me closer.
stomach on the balcony,
heart patters like rain on glass walls in my ears,
head,
chest,
rib cage cracking from the beating,
the knocks of an unexpected visitor
and i’m scared to let him in.
the party is invite only, after all
but who am i to stop the stars from being
painted across the sky?
our bodies,
bones and skin,
lining up as constellations.
in between your cheek and mine,
lives an unexplainable longing
for the boy wrapped around me
that makes my eyelids dance
with the candle flame’s flicker.
i miss him
even as he sleeps beside me.