literature

honesty blue.

Deviation Actions

Published: May 6, 2009

343 Views

Literature Text

_{honesty blue.</u>

you told me
my eyes were black coals, simmering and smouldering in november air.
the first time we met you asked me if i was a winter child,
and when i confirmed your suspicions you smiled that knowing smile,
told me you could tell by my snow-skin and the way i wouldn't lock eyes with your honesty blues.

you bought me alice bands for the spring,
wrapped them in doc leaves around a brown box
and tied a red card to it with daisy stems.

you used to make me take my glasses off,
said i would set your heart alight if you looked at my coal-eyes long enough
like a young boy holding concave glass over an anthill under the sun of summer.
[i knew then, you liked to play with fire a little too much for my health to handle.]

-

let's grate down some of that optimism, shall we?
here's the plan
step one: the introductions. a lingering touch of the arm, or an embrace. or possibly both.
     step two: the friendship. talks at midnight, histories and aspirations.
          step three: the drunken seduction. nothing more need be said here.
               step four: the relationship. nine months of sleep and sex and false security.
                    step five: destroy.
                                  your heart will be stolen and locked away in my growing collection.

-

you bought me alice bands for the spring,
and told me the queen of hearts would take care of me when i slept.
[you broke the branches of my wish tree a year later, to the very day.]

you told me
my eyes were black coals, simmering and smouldering in november air.
i asked you if your blue oceans gave way to honesty and you said
that's actually fucking hilarious
rolled over in bed because you never liked to cuddle away the afterglow.}