Camping in Alaska - HOMESTEAD
BATHE
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the way the sun shone on
your auburn hair, as if to
sift the red from the brown
i brush it back
but you only look down
and i've never seen
eyes quite as dead as yours
and i've yet to hear
a tongue quite as sharp as yours
but did you think that i had
alterior motives?
or some secret plan?
cuz i was honest,
and honestly,
this meant everything to me
and i can read,
how carefully chosen are your words,
bitter and artificial,
i grasp at my sheets and scream
"oh but you were there too!
you felt how we connected!
you must have loved me back!
you must have!"
but i know it's denial,
and turn away.
but did you know?
i lie in bed and cannot sleep
flesh and bone, alone between sea foam green sheets
my bed's an ocean,
and i hang on every word you speak
i've hung myself on i and love and you