Desperado

memories of a somber song

regulus.

devils in the dark, could have sworn it was us.
but it was just habromania of my mind.
your song still echoes in my lullaby,
and i wonder why.
you painted lyrics into my heart
and when i cry alone at night,
i hear your voice in the moonlight.

cracked knuckles bleed at the appetence touch.
your eyes through the opening, holding mine.
billowing pools of ocean blue drowning my storm havens.
barriers between us, books to the ceiling, all i have is your sight.
quiet lonesome nights, singing to the lore of your breath,
you've become a yearning, grieving, hiraeth.

twist the ring on your finger, it shouldn't be this way.
skin so close, shaking at the lacuna of our absence.
gaze tumbled to the floor, don't know what to say.
perhaps nothing would be the best thing we ever said.
but i know you, your malignant abditory.
all of your sewed wounds and spilled mistakes.
all the midnight streets we ruled with the traffic lights.
waiting for the green, let's run.

   faster.

kiss me on the curb, fade like rain.
can't we just stay this way?
kiss me twice, kiss me thrice.
look you in the eyes.
okay.

so much older now.
it was only a couple of months, though.
your smile is a crumpled letter i saved a while ago.
i lost it on the way home.
you round the corner, red lips parted in anxiety.
       how've you been, reggie?

i miss you like how i need to breathe.
memories of a somber song.
do you hear me cry your name?
briony, briony, briony.