one day of saved light

 

night-light comes into my room, some shade of bruise coloured blue

while you’re around that side can you bring the sun back with you?

i'll trade you the moon.

let’s lie in sunlit glass

count minutes and invite them to pass

in icy sheets see soft burn across the concrete.

somehow kept that memory.

you stayed behind an ocean to feel safer, or so it seemed to be.

stood with painted face, feathered feet, so fly away.

fly closer, stay. 

must’ve mistaken the high

or not understood the stakes at stake that night

let's breathe in, give time it's silent sigh

you were right. see these eyes?

i can feel on my skin all the hours we put in

and begin again you say you can.

when will you be, when will you be free to see me?

 

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