We All MeasureI see my pain marked through months Of ex-ed out days on calendars Sharpied lines through a numbered day Each with a painful (so beautiful) moment Anticipated by anniversariesWe All Measure
So by drawing the colored line through it I make it more bearable; someday I’ll remember this pain. Thirteenths, sixteenths, numbers that kill my mind Every six months, a year, it’s there. Do you remember where we were a year ago? I remember what I was wearing. I can’t wear that outfit now. (That blue shirt was my favorite, why’d you take it off?) Well, you may be oblivious, I’m not. Yo
Climbing Out of the WindowWe opened the window and took out the screen. (It was my idea.) We climbed out onto the quiet roof above the driveway. I think it was Memorial Day; A Monday. The sun was falling down. We both had already fallen, Was it following our lead? The late spring air was cooling, You’d never realized the perfection Of your bedroom window’s beauty Seconds earlier we had been yelled to, But we were taking the screen out. You smiled at me vibrantly,Climbing Out of the Window
Laughing, calling me your “crazy girl.”
You always laugh at me. With me? On the slanting roof we sat &nb
FearYou said you would call me tonight, and now the phone is ringing. My chest is rising and falling quickly, clenching tighter with each ring. What will you say to me? I feel apprehensive; something bad is definitely coming. Your effect on me couldn’t be any stronger and I couldn’t be any more frightened. Like falling down stairs, or breathing heavily after being chased, I listen to it ring. I’m unable to control my hands, and as each second ticks by, the ringing becomes more incessant. The only way to stop it is to pick up the receiver and say “Hello.” The purple phone’s high-pitched ring before made me smile, and at this moment is my eneFear
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"We are all merely pawns,
On this mortal board of Chance:
Vagabonds of Fate,
Prisoners, of Circumstance."
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