Locked

I wish I knew

the combination 

of words to say 

and things to do

to prove myself to you

Unidentified

You show up briefly
three blips on radar
a solitary metallic ping
and then disappear again.

We're frantic with math
and telemetry
backup data
recordings.

The only evidence we're left with
are three winks of a little green light
and your echo.

Palmistry

If palmistry were truth, 

fate would be etched in flesh. 

If palmistry were truth, 

our fingers would be omens.

If it were truth, 

when we held hands,

we pressed our futures together. 

Masochist

Sometimes,
when I think
of you, I want
to rip open my chest
and let the sun
burn out my heart.

Minefield

Lines

when the call is lost

the wires cut

when I get disconnected

will the dial tone keep my pulse

Operator

Your voice comes out of darkness

whispered secrets 

modulated.

I’m wrapped around and upside-down

hanging on every word.

Push

I don't want to talk about it,
because I don't want to think about it.

I don't want to deal with it.
I don't want to look at it.

I can't have that elephant

pushed back through my aortic valve
into my left ventricle.

It doesn't fit in there,

it's too fragile.

Tabula Rasa

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