that night
on the
balcony floor?
I barely remember.
~~~~X~~~~
Heaven lies
not in the sky
nor in the books.
You can't approach it
using something
as simple as your mind.
Sometimes I laugh
at the idea of religion.
Heaven was never
hard to find.
It's there,
when you look at me
like a problem
you need to fix.
It's there,
when you cup my face.
And refuse to
move further away,
than two lips.
~~~~X~~~~
I can't sleep.
Because you're not
here, in my bed,
keeping me awake.
~~~~X~~~~
I used to be calm.
Still water
reflecting
a crescent moon.
The Goddess flung
you in me.
Like a rock.
~~~~X~~~~
Where you watching
me pray?
My trembling hands
my wavering lips?
My eyes that kept
looking back at you?
~~~~X~~~~
Yesterday
I dreamt of you.
Again.
Today I need
to dream a little
dream
of me.
Please.
Let me.
~~~~X~~~~
When you're here
I'm barely breathing.
When you're gone,
I can't breathe at all.
There's nothing blessed
about this suffocation.
And the difference
between them.
~~~~X~~~~
Even my words
Whom I love
most of all.
Love you more
than they
ever loved me.
~~~~X~~~~
My hands used
to be gentle.
They used to be polite.
They used to dance
on canvas.
They loved to sit and write.
Now they itch
and twitch.
For a body like
scented loam.
Now they wait for
you to return.
Like for a parent
coming home.
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