Oct 10, 2017
“I always rehearse before I pray”
I wish I could give you flowing lines, Elegant meter and effortless rhyme. I wish I could be Ovid for you.
Fragments fall from my lips, Aborted phrases I’m Too embarrassed to even finish in my head.
These are the words I’ve swallowed: These and many more.
Let me sink beneath your dark ocean waves Close my eyes so all I see is you Let me suck the nectar off your fingertips And live off nothing else I would give my life for you to love me back
Please, show me you know I exist My lungs wither with bated breath All day we throw roses at the other’s feet Yet still I question how you feel I would give my death for you to love me back