05-06-2012, 12:05 PM
V.3
There was something so vulnerable in the ending
Laying, curled around each other’s feet
Unable to look at each other
Clutching at the memories of yesterday
Like they were the air we needed to breathe
My face buried in the nook of your ankle
Inhaling the warm, familiar scent of you
And in the silence of my arms wrapped
Around your feet I was nothing more than a child
Trying to hold on to her favourite teddy bear
Frayed and torn and falling apart
Smelling of must and decay with undertones
Of nicotine and whiskey
My eyes glistening with starlight, unseen
Against your skin, I kissed the memory of your ankle
Took a shaky breath, and let go
...
V.2
There was something so vulnerable in the ending
Laying, curled around each other’s feet
Clutching at the memories of yesterday
Like we were the air we needed to breathe
My face buried in the nook of your ankle
Inhaling the warm, familiar scent of you.
And in the silence of my arms wrapped
Around your feet, I was nothing more than a child
Trying to hold on to her favourite teddy bear
Frayed, and torn, and falling apart
Smelling of must and decay, with undertones
Of nicotine and whiskey.
My eyes leaking starlight, glistening unseen
Against your skin, I kissed the memory of your ankle
Took a shaky breath, and let go.
...
V.1
There was something so vulnerable in the ending
Laying, curled around each other’s feet
Like children hiding, afraid, in the dark
Unable to look at each other and yet
Unable to let go, holding on to one another
Like we were the air we needed to breathe
My face buried in the nook of your ankle
Inhaling the warm, familiar scent of you.
I couldn’t bear to look at the exquisite sadness
In your eyes that always had my resolve
Coming undone, melting me down to my core
Where only you existed, my knees buckling under me
To fall at your feet, face upturned
To gaze at your magnitude with everything I possessed.
How could you not see the depth
In which I loved you?
And in the silence of my arms wrapped
Around your feet, I was nothing more than a child
Trying to hold on to her favourite teddy bear
Frayed, and torn, and falling apart
Smelling of must and decay, with undertones
Of nicotine and whiskey. My eyes leaking starlight
Glistening unseen in the darkness, I kissed the memory of your ankle
Took a shaky breath, and let go.
There was something so vulnerable in the ending
Laying, curled around each other’s feet
Unable to look at each other
Clutching at the memories of yesterday
Like they were the air we needed to breathe
My face buried in the nook of your ankle
Inhaling the warm, familiar scent of you
And in the silence of my arms wrapped
Around your feet I was nothing more than a child
Trying to hold on to her favourite teddy bear
Frayed and torn and falling apart
Smelling of must and decay with undertones
Of nicotine and whiskey
My eyes glistening with starlight, unseen
Against your skin, I kissed the memory of your ankle
Took a shaky breath, and let go
...
V.2
There was something so vulnerable in the ending
Laying, curled around each other’s feet
Clutching at the memories of yesterday
Like we were the air we needed to breathe
My face buried in the nook of your ankle
Inhaling the warm, familiar scent of you.
And in the silence of my arms wrapped
Around your feet, I was nothing more than a child
Trying to hold on to her favourite teddy bear
Frayed, and torn, and falling apart
Smelling of must and decay, with undertones
Of nicotine and whiskey.
My eyes leaking starlight, glistening unseen
Against your skin, I kissed the memory of your ankle
Took a shaky breath, and let go.
...
V.1
There was something so vulnerable in the ending
Laying, curled around each other’s feet
Like children hiding, afraid, in the dark
Unable to look at each other and yet
Unable to let go, holding on to one another
Like we were the air we needed to breathe
My face buried in the nook of your ankle
Inhaling the warm, familiar scent of you.
I couldn’t bear to look at the exquisite sadness
In your eyes that always had my resolve
Coming undone, melting me down to my core
Where only you existed, my knees buckling under me
To fall at your feet, face upturned
To gaze at your magnitude with everything I possessed.
How could you not see the depth
In which I loved you?
And in the silence of my arms wrapped
Around your feet, I was nothing more than a child
Trying to hold on to her favourite teddy bear
Frayed, and torn, and falling apart
Smelling of must and decay, with undertones
Of nicotine and whiskey. My eyes leaking starlight
Glistening unseen in the darkness, I kissed the memory of your ankle
Took a shaky breath, and let go.
"Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them." - Friedrich Nietzsche