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Para voce

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It's just me and the voice inside my head,
and being alone isn't all that fair,
but really,
I think we make a handsome pair.

Because I could fade into an oil canvas,
and taste the ink on my tongue.
Feel the prick of thorn upon my skin like fresh pressed flowers.
Between these pages.
Between these sheets.
And I could call it home.

Like waking up to the touch of your lips,
and the smell of your hair,
and how its presense still seems to linger there.

Like swirling around and being turned upside down.
Like being cut open and turned inside out.
Yea,
I love you like that.

How we're both grounded and stable,
and no matter how close we press our bodies against the other's,
we can't melt into one another.
And it hurts all the more when we pull ourselves apart,
because we've been missing each other the whole time that we've been together.

So, if we're sticking with this honesty,
then I must admit that I'm a bit weak of heart.
But you make me want to slip free of this EKG,
and tuck my head beneath your chin.
Feel your arms fold around me,
like an article of clothing in a dresser drawer.

And if anyone wants to know how this feels...
It feels like a lone tree in a pasture in the middle of winter,
shivering from the cold,
with the snow and the wind as the only proof
that you still exist.

Like a sidewalk flower in the middle of summer,
turning brown and wilting,
smoldering from the heat.

Like slicing open your skin and painting yourself in Sodium Chloride.
Like missing you,
                 missing you,
                             missing you.

And when they drag me off and ask me if I'm sane,
I'll say:
"Only as sane as a person in love."
So, I was cleaning out my old class work from last semester out of my binder today, and I happened to come across this poem that I wrote last September or October about someone that I cared for. When I wrote it, I didn't think it was good enough to post and therefore needed revision, so I put it in a folder and forgot all about it. After reading it today, I decided that I wanted to post it.
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