ivyparks

they said that you slipped away
at night. they said you didn't suffer.       

i feel like i shouldn't miss you
already, but i hadn't seen you in 
2 years, and my fingers against the

her heartbeat quickened,
as did her pace, when she
heard your stalking footsteps.

you came a little too close,
asked for a little too much,
didn’t you?

her eyes were screaming for
help, but her mouth was closed

running in cirles
as confused tears stream
down my face in 
a beautiful dance.

strawberries and cream,
mixing on your tongue, heavy
breath on her face.

i like laughing while i
throw my blue patterned china

on your tiptoes, pad
around the lonely house,
whispers of the spirits
thick in the air.

they tell you and me
secrets, secrets that you
could never tell to 
anyone else.

fluttering heartbeats as

and from the blood
sprouted flowers.

the girl in the blue 
coat walks by my porch every
day, and she smiles.
she smiles at me.

i have memorized her face,
her dimples, her perfectly straight
teeth, her light skin
with freckles, her green eyes