By twinkle
Date: 2002 Dec 16
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[[2002.12.16.02.39.18230]]

this tired song will not fade.

alone in the coffee shop
my tears fall slowly to the page.

i lined my eyes for you
spent far too much time at the mirror
coated my lips in waiting for your
screaming
absent
kiss.

i have become lost in the plains of your eyes
i am a slave emptied on your skin
i am easily tortured by the silent telephone, and

i am wounded by your too kind words.
your thoughtlessness burrows deep within.
you do not know your power
be careful

you hold me so closely

(i am so very far but) you hold me so very near

easily
unwittingly
obliviously
tirelessly.

am i not a woman
am i not untouched and unfinished in this
angry
scarlet
dress

am i not alone