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Description
my signature scrawled across all
of your sentences like a stain of apologies:

i'm sorry for anchoring you to my hip
like a one-sided promise, like a flood of insincerity.

i'm sorry for collecting you like a well of wishes,
for whispering you into every crack in these walls.

i do not have the depth to tether our limbs
with the tautness of our smiles, but i will
balance you on the edges of my knees until
you slip away.

i have been kneeling with my arms outstretched

waiting,

but the divinity of your touch
never graced my expectant stance.

our bones built forest fires together,
but it was always my tears putting them out.

Description
my signature scrawled across all
of your sentences like a stain of apologies:

i'm sorry for anchoring you to my hip
like a one-sided promise, like a flood of insincerity.

i'm sorry for collecting you like a well of wishes,
for whispering you into every crack in these walls.

i do not have the depth to tether our limbs
with the tautness of our smiles, but i will
balance you on the edges of my knees until
you slip away.

i have been kneeling with my arms outstretched

waiting,

but the divinity of your touch
never graced my expectant stance.

our bones built forest fires together,
but it was always my tears putting them out.