Monday, November 5, 2018

Burnt Out

By: Natasha Karenina Wijaya

he glances at me 
like the sun
grazes the grass 
of an empty field
with a crook
in his grin
and starry nights
in his eyes
singing to me 
that I am nothing
less than perfect

he screams excitement 
and fear
for a love so ragged up
it will not survive
not through the weaves
in the holes
or the threads 
that we’ve placed
to cover up 
the flaws embroidered
onto us

he smells like ash
burnt out
on a tray filled
up to its brim
like a cigarette
his love stings
and fills my lungs
suffocating me 
yet somehow
in him 
I have finally found
my breath

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