Unrequited Love
by Sharmagne Leland-St,John

if the sky darkens
on nights when I
cannot remember how to bleed
only remember how to need

if the sky darkens
on nights when I remember only
years full of broken embraces

chasing the wind
as he held my heart
between ungloved hands
then scribbled
the word passion
on my soul
in black ink flowing

nights when he used me like poetry
and I searched the darkness
for things which would harm me
and tried to stay
downwind like a whisper

if the sky darkens
remind me

of the morning


 

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