By Phoebe Au
Wilted like blackened
fingerprints on lilly skin
and all that remains
Sixteen and restless
Did it matter? Where your words
paused and mine began?
What dreams did fill our
hearts when all we’d do was lie
awake at dusk. Don’t
Let the sun go down.
I’m a thousand words away.
O light reveal me.
For our tongues were tied;
my eyes closed. I’m reminded
you were still alive.
We dared to believe
we danced the fine line between
naive and reckless
We dared kill the dawn
Unrelenting dawn. Breaking
where darkness finds you.
We dared to hold on
A tethered rope between hands
But I was too scared
As if your bleeding
hands were not enough to keep
my feet from falling