I blankly stared at the door handle
eager to just step away
yet yearning to contribute
to new and obscure opportunities
of stepping into old familiar shoes.
My hand shook as I let the knob
turn with fierce and unknown intentions,
because right then and there
when you looked at me
for what seemed like the
most colossal time of history,
I knew that was it;
soon enough you'd be pouring
layer upon layer of sugar
into my salt flavored pores,
and digging your fingers
into the empty spaces of my heart
so I'd be forced to realize
that patience really wasn't a virtue
and waiting was never worth
the pounds of sand that tumbled
to the bottom of the hour glass
that you nailed on the inside of a tire;
making it impossible to go backward
and clearly evident
to move forward.
My eyes fought to stay focused
on the illuminating television screen
as the film portrayed its importance
and you crept in-between my breaths;
inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale
the pitches of my vocal cords
matched the choruses of your laugh,
but our forces were bluntly equalized
like magnets being pushed together
with a disfigured attraction
that would never succumb to you and me
balancing at a single point
rather than fit together perfectly
like a jigsaw puzzle
& you interpreting
my missing piece.
Your bittersweet expressions
of these undefined lingering thoughts
caressed the flaws of my soul
and replenished the tapered scars
to the point where I was standing
on the tips of my toes
to peer over the fence you purposely built
for me to climb over
and race into a corruptive embrace;
I was head over heels
from the moment you spoke my name
and whispered faintly in my ear
'you're beautiful'
you suffocated my air
possessed my oxygen
and left me breathless,
just because you made me feel important.
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& yeahhh you're right. I deleted that part.