I remember
That one time
You declared your love,
You said it like
You were offering me
The sun above.
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You nodded at me
Like you’d achieved
A great feat,
Like a lizard who
Dropped from the sky
And landed on its feet.
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I stared at you
With my heart
Bleeding in my hands,
Thinking that
Numbness and blood
Weren’t the kind
Of love for which
I had planned.
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Written by
Ivie M. Eke 2018.
