I thought I was in love with you
Then I thought I was in love with some fabrication
I thought I made you up in my head
Now I'm pretty sure I'm in love with the ache
And the certainly that I will feel it again
And again and again
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Get up, get on with it
Nothing pauses for you
No one can place their finger on the globe
To slow its spinning
While you mourn for the axel it stood on
Just moments before
The sand continues to fall
To the bottom of the hourglass
While you hang from the top
Just let go
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I took an art class
Your ex was teaching
She knew who I was
I watched her
Study my face
Flare her nostrils
Purse her lips
Look away
I watched her heart sink
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this is not a slow burn
it's a handheld firework
tiny bursts of flame form a dazzling union
more remarkable than one steady, still flame
birth and death pass in about 90 seconds
in the palms of our hands
eventually even the smoke dissipates
frowning, i light it again
#oc#poetry