Pressed against the pale walls,praying for a fortunate fate for these lips of mine,pleased, pressed between the painted bricks and the pink jacket that adorned your arms,pressed, and pleased like a pretty poppy in a tasteless coffee table decoration. Just one kiss,one kiss would kill the last, lingering, languishing, lonely shred of my resistance.

Night fell and I found myself in the shadows.I pouted into my pocket mirror,pouring over my new persona,delicate, dangerous dinosaur,tiger shark, taking to land. I left myself behind,becoming the warrior my lover needed,and I tore trees from the Earth,stripped stars from the sky to find the poisoned pea underneath your mattress.I am devoted to you,digging…

Stuck inside your sober gaze,building a beautiful world that I’ll beg you not to destroy.We kiss in the shadows,collecting memories,colliding with constellations,and as you look at me,I feel like I shine brighter than every inch of the universe.

You asked me where I saw myself in five years,blue eyes breaking through the bricks I had built around my earthy gaze.I drew a blank,staring back and simply shrugging,because I wasn’t even supposed to make it this far,so I had no plan for thirty six. We talked about kids.I’d always made excuses,but I had been…