5-8-10

her eyes tell you everything
you know she’s struggling
catch her
throw her into the scarlets
the amethysts
and the indigos
throw her into an undeniable slumber
hands
your hands caress the surface
ignoring the imperfections
she feels it – letters combining with one another
words flowing
one after the other
they are trying to escape
I love you
one sentence crawls all over her flesh
leaving little butterfly footprints on her eyelids
your fingers dance across her ribcage
and you’re reaching out
taking hold of her shaking hands
…breathe…
your ear pressed firmly against her chest
listening to her sporadic heart beat
it’s in there, somewhere
trapped in a bird cage
canaries pecking
pecking
eating away at it
leaving only passion behind
you have so much love, he whispered
thousands of words
begging to free themselves from behind her cherry lips
exhaling feathers, for you she said, only you