Unsaid

conjure meaning out of the spaces

acrylic painting made by me {Lila Cave-Park}

moonlight
in between hearts
holding space

{ ask forgiveness }

take a breath

hold your anger until you can't take it

smell fresh crisp breeze
the angle of your cigarette pointed to the sidewalk
you're real good at hiding it

your black coffee
your absurd optimism
your eyes that don't understand me

the questions you don't want to ask
that I can't answer

the feeling that's mutual
what we walk right past

burned enough to know what's not worth it
crazy enough to project that I ever meant something

morning breeze
that soothed my tired arms, weary eyes.

I think you waited for me to walk by

my sane side figures that's not quite possible.

funny how bad I want it to be true.

true
to
be
true

can't it be something magical?
the space between me and you

can't I make it something fun to do?

walk around the block
hope I run into you

to barely say hi,
run off before my words go too far

soon enough,
I won't be here
so this dreaming won't dream very far

not dangerous
not insincere
just the most excited
I've been
about someone in years.

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