I fear falling in love and understanding why.
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His whisper was the softest sound I ever knew, which seemed to bring the loudest heartbeat.
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I see more light than dark, but when I encounter dark I seem to get lost in it.
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we slept beside
held our bodies tight
warmed the air
here, there
everywhere
with fingers clenched
and a broken sweat
we swore, killed
drenched our pores
beside a slithering doortogether and never
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We must make tough decisions to see if it’s worth it in the end.
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He was quite lovely and I was quite lonely, so I mixed letters and assumed it would work.
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i have not a poem
a word
or thoughtswe held a rail
talked of openness
miles upon queries
moments we subconsciously treasureour faces held walls
legs to fall
we twirled for days
lusted and twisted
and killed in ways
we couldn’t quite understandthe grigio and noir
glass which broke
i loved the walls and climb
but the fall had depth
and swung tangled feethe was impetuous
with a touch of perfect
we were an interstate
a perpendicular intersection
where we met for a moment
and continued on endlesslytangled
words by dominic riccitello -
tips of your fingers
the nimble
hand upon your chest
heart below my handi loved
his handles, the hallway
conversation
how we held
without thoughts
lusted our lobes
drove upon closed roadswe melted our love
swam for all we could
searched a sea of only
the lone of our words
hurt which would swoonwe worked in rays
lied in daze
where nothing meant everything
and everything meant nothingfrom first
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Some days I wonder if I stopped writing about him, if I’d love him a little less.
