Waking to the gentle grimace of the daylight star.
It glistens through the curtain like a gentle fairy that listens.
A welcomed hiss from lungs that served their purpose.
The sound of a lover’s snore fills ears with a shivered kiss.
She stretches her arms to the sky, only to lean over to embrace a restless backside.
Wandering eyes once blinded by sleeping beauty’s lips.
Chastened with a soft kiss by words uttered in mere octaves.
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A moment of happiness surfaced upon my face,
As the creases of the desert filled with rain.
I never imagined that it would feel so good to gaze up at the moonless sky,
And for once not have to hide.
Here I can be who I am and not pretend.
Pretend the happiness I presently feel is for you.
I once looked at you and that dimpled smile would appear.
Now the lines have been filled with sand and tears.
I gaze upon you with bleak eyes and wonder why.
Why I feel so attached and yet stand so far back.
We were once so close, faces nearly touching
And yet now we stand with a distance space between us and say nothing.
This invisible box forms around me as we walk in circles.
One foot in the middle and the other is left to dangle.
“Speak,” you say
And nothing is uttered.
There is so much to say and yet silence is all that remains.
Day in and day out, hope slowly fades out like a candle flickering against the wind.
I can’t help but wonder if moving forward is the best thing at this point.
Roaming free and unleashed, I can’t seem to find my way back to you.
Racing through the desert on the darkest of days.
Cellular reception fading in and out with each growing step to being forgotten.
Maybe that’s what I want.
Maybe that’s what I need…
To fade away.
The thought of being forgotten has made my mind rethink everything that I though was accurate.
Accuracy is nothing like it seems.
Fortunate for that glimmer of hope suppressed by the darkened cloud that will soon shower me with the coolness of harsh droplets.
Fading into nothing but an oblivion of dark holes with doors leading to the unknown.
My arms spread wide like the eagle that I am.
My neck stretched out taking it all in.
Sweet drops planting themselves upon my cheeks as I fade back in.
Words of expression 