Literature
The Five Stages Of Silence
I.
"I love you"
The static sounds like rain in my head,
I imagine a small handed God
shielding us with his constant melody -
they don't remember,
tomorrow is your favorite day
and I promised to show you the lilies,
don't be silly now,
turn the lights back on,
wake up.
My fists at your chest
are two hearts
beating fast. Wake up.
The morning prayer
quivers obsessive
between our bodies,
nobody understands
how my lips are made holy
by the light skin of your temple,
wake up wake up wake up.
II.
"I love you"
Fire laps at oxygen
with passionate tongues,
taking in every drop
of its feverish scent
until on their wake
only anger is left,
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