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Posted on January 6, 2019January 18, 2019 by Torrey

Waking up

was more of a journey

than a destination.

Limbs so heavy

weighted down with

concrete

mixed with sugar.


I still feel them falling into themselves.

Have you picked up sand

washed over by the tide

and felt it flow into the air

in clumps seen only once,

and then forever again part

of the mess of shapes

that can’t quite decide

what form they need be today.


Seals broken,

something we don’t speak of.

I fear that it’s too late

to hold it inside ourselves again.

First,

Do you know what you did back then?

Why was it so hard to say it wasn’t worth it anymore? 

Dorm rooms,

empty sheets. 

I remember seeing you outside, 

in your stone window box,

cigarette in hand,

talking and not seeing my approach

until I had already passed.

Your key around my throat.

I still keep it on my own stone box,

between books of pressed flowers

and dictionaries marked all over-

but the clasp has worn too thin.

I couldn’t wear it

even if I tried.

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