your lipstick
leaving
crimson scars
upon my
soul

and branding
the hue
of your mouth
into my
heart

cages and traps
around me
that I placed there
myself

I don't know why
I do this
or why
it doesn't bother me

I don't know
why I'm so
scared of love
and affection

I don't know why
I'm so scared
of my secrets
being uncovered

the way that the morning air
kissed your skin before i had
                               the chance
and the way that your lips
tasted so sweet
but not bitter
just perfect
and your hands
in my hair and
our legs entwined
and the                              beauty
of knowing that you were
all mine even
just
for
a night

I sat in the middle of
the cold stone floor
and I imagined I was
somewhere
more tranquil

a place that I
could be
h a p p y
and a place
that I could finally
                                    smile

a peaceful place
free from the pressures
my mind brings me
free from                                life
and
from love and pain
and hurting
a place

that was so perfect
I had to come back
to Earth
because I am flawed
entirely
and I do not belong
in such an absolute place

I am not
                *w
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                      r
                        t
                          h
                            y

if the moon ever refuses to shine
and the wind ever ceases
to rush

just know that I think that
your beautiful soul will be
more than enough

I do not need the four elements
or five senses or 206 delicate, breaking bones
I just need your love to pull me through

the moon hangs over my head
illuminating all of the black clouds
that are forever looming above me

and I wish that for one night
I could sleep easy
without the nightmares of you

laying down my fragile bones
and wrapping my mind in daisy chains
I hope that maybe this will purify my mind

and so I whispered upon the brightest stars
that I could forget you forever and always
and with that I bid the moon goodnight, hoping to sleep easy