He looked at me like
I was a turquoise wall of flame;
Hypnotising to look at but
Fatal to the touch
❀
He’d sometimes stand close
As if trying to shield himself
From the cold of this world
❀
He’d come and go
Like happiness does
The time between
Each hello and goodbye
Getting bigger
Just like his smile
When he saw her
❀
I understand why you’d
Love someone who isn’t me
I really do
❀
You can stand next to me
But you can never really
Bring the stars to this earth
You can only bathe in the starlight
So hold her close
And love me far
❀
I need to touch
Your wounds to
Heal them
❀
So forgive me if
All I can do is pray
That you’ll find warmth
In the sun’s rays because
You looked for it in me
And all you found was
Dying embers
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So evocative & heartbreaking. I read this a while back & waited to comment on it, only to forget that I still had it up on my computer hidden among all the other stories & notifications I was attempting to sift through. Reading it again just now it continues to strike me close to my heart as I sift through memories of past relationships or friendships where either I or they were left pining for & wishing the other person well.