earth bound

i.

your essence grips me twixt
blurs of laughter and
sorrow and
all those other things

i feel your claws in my skin
i reel and catch myself
as if to pull away would slough
more than i care to lose

it passes just fine,
the day to day, but
in moments i flood
pulled by your moon

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ii.

but god, i wish it didn’t
feel exactly like i imagined
it would feel all these
years

then maybe i could
bluff a brave face
tell you how easy it is
to be away

instead of deigning to
cower behind my own
vacant stare
lose all urgency

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iii.

i crane my neck to see you
over the life we’ve built
heavy with something
lighter than burden

quiet drowns my nerves
in hushed tones we speak like
things are better now
like there’s

hope worth living
and the thought that
it could all just
work

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iv.

i don’t know what goes here.
it hasn’t happened yet.