[poem] day 5 poem 6 ~ understand

[epicdisaster]

5.6:understand

in the space between air & vacuum
I looked at you and said
i understand.

but there was more:
if you held a flame to my skin you could not burn me more
it's your gentleness that kills me
your concern that keeps me from sleep

screaming:
who are you to guard me
to be so careful to
sink into my lips, pull away with a gasp
and flee
stumbling down the hall to judgement

pleading:
who the fuck are you to respect me
and when will you leave me lonlier than I was before

--it's a comfort to convince myself that nothing is fated--

but for now
looking at you with pain dragging your face off its hinges
i stop myself from claiming your tears with my lips;
I just say I understand
and wonder later