i wish i could just float away from you
and that hopscotch is all anyone would
ever need to feel brand new again

i wish my eyes didn't tell stories my
mouth never would & that you didn't see
it all so clearly without my having to
ask you to.

i wish my mistakes
didn't define me so eagerly and
abandon you.

& i can't come to the phone right now
because i can't talk and i can't talk
because i no longer feel and i can't
feel what isn't real because nothing
is & if this was supposed to mean
something along the way, well then,
i'm sorry,

i'm sorry for that, too.

08/06/2008

Posted on 08/06/2008
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