dear r,
i imagine escaping like this
with laughter sealed in the hollow of your collar bone
and fingers on the friction slope of your lips
cursive kept under your tongue like a love letter
i want a rush of consonants and vowels
and footsteps i cant retrace
but instead i have
notebooks to balance with percentages
schedules to show up for on time
miles to cover without a breath
things to stumble under
i smile
i talk effervescence
but i still cant find enough cotton
to fill this small hole
which whistles with sadness when i exhale
i don’t remember how to live without you
but i am, i am, i am
JANEisnotplain 5.08
r's response
dear e,
i've imagined escaping like this
with laughter echoing through empty halls
and fingers on instruments that no one hears
my tongue moving with every solitary song
I want a rush of ideas and dreams
recorded to visit again and again
and now i have
schedules to show up for on time
routines to settle into
fresh air to breathe
balconies to relax on
i smile
i sing effervescence
i weave the rainbow of my dreams
around my aching heart
to heal the lonely spaces
i still live within you
and you are in me, in me, in me
