@DTHKING SAID : ❛ YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY RADIANT . ❜
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 ? your presence overwhelms me / caresses me / the shadow to my sun . ( my existence hinged upon life itself , my eyes opening with the bloom of the roses each spring ; 𝒊 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 , i wear the warm breeze in my gowns & joyful laughter in the strands of my hair ) the cruelties i hear the world whisper about you ! their poison mouths carved in the shape of your name , embittered men spitting into their cups , mourning mothers cursing death ---- and what have you done to them , my love ? cruelty lies in life’s lines being severed , the pulse of the earth fading away beneath a blanket of eternal night . ( you are the gentleness , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 , the comfort found within the fearful promise of eternity . they howl your name / they come to you weeping & in search of your stability )
and so would you call me cruel ? 𝒊𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 , the harshness of such a gift , of blinding light thrust into the world & told to stand tall . ( the push of a bird from it’s nest / the rush of hanging midair / the slowed heartbeat roaring in your ears ) suddenly i am weighed with the dread of falling . perhaps i have existed before i even knew it , 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 & 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 . there is eternity in my soul , and there was existence before i opened my watery eyes . ( love , can you tell me if i have died ? was i once a great tree , caught in the breezes of your love ? was i mortality / was i temporary / did i wither & fall at your feet ? ) no matter now , the answers are tucked inbetween the fabric of the universe , 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 & 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑠 .
like calls to like , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 . life itself pouring herself across the cosmos just to reach out for your hand . her eyes raise slowly from the ground , heart leaping into her throat / the dusty haze of a summer’s sunset coloring her cheeks as he speaks . ( do you think that i was made for you / from you ? ) i think that i could fall into your eyes & be lost there forever , swaddled & loved in the wholeness of your body . she breathes , and light floods the room . ❛ you don’t mean that . ❜ shyly she moves , as if a whisper in the wind / a suggestion / a ghost of flowers . gown gathered in her hands as she steps up to him , head tilted up towards the halo of air above him . and all at once bravery climbs up her throat , wraps its ivy around her delicate wrist & pulls until she’s caressing his cheek . ( what humanity would not give , to hold death in their hand as i do . and yet i hold no ache ---- no harm ---- no ill will towards you , not as they do , not as they would wish to . i am only love / i am made of light / 𝑖 𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 , 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 , 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 )
❛ i’ve gotten dressed as you asked of me , what is it you have planned ? ❜