please respond—
see,
of you—i’ve grown terribly fond
eyes: rich and brown
in them, i would happily drown
please make my phone glow
with a message from you
please let me know
you feel something,
anything,
because this silence is deafening
the desperation i feel…
so pitiful, it’s unreal
said you carried me in your pocket,
but, your heart—
i think you’ve locked it
away from my reach
i don’t understand
which wall of yours
have i breached?
i didn’t think we had walls anymore
i thought we let them come tumbling down
i thought they didn’t stand a chance
once we caught first glance
of each other…
something we recognized
together, in past lives
seen with the third eye
what happened to us?
this space isn’t right
and time, in flux
surreal, a daydream
was i imagining things?
leaving me behind, in this place
lost, wandering—
like a stray
how is any of this okay?
i’m not—no, i won’t cry…
i speak,
through the tears, stinging my eyes
where did you go?
i’m completely thrown
… off
a darkened forest
i’m knelt down
where are “my” familiar eyes?
your familiar eyes of brown?
you called it fate, destiny
that finally! you met me
i feel the same,
yet, cannot remain
if these things do not change
no
i will dry my tears
and cleanse my wounds…
i wipe the dirt from my cheeks
with a sleeve of my gown
i return to my throne
and straighten my crown

photo credit:
Jared Subia // Unsplash 📷

© branypoo

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