Aurora 2024

Anonymous

Cool About It

The bed feels soft, And the sheets underneath me are familiar. The arms that wrap around me are warm. My heart beats faster as our embrace gets tighter. The weight of him lying on me lingers as he jumps off the bed, And I wonder when I’ll understand why. What happens to the fluttering of my heart, And why does it get so heavy every time he decides to walk out the door. And lock me in once again. My head lies on the foot of this bed, But an unfamiliar feeling begins to wash over me. The door remains locked for what time seems to not allow. Different hours strike on the clock, And an eternity is gone away. I forget how to breathe. A lock unrattled and suddenly he’s walking in, But he doesn’t look the same. He doesn’t put his weight on me anymore, And when we face each other, he doesn’t light up the same. His eyes are dark and cold, And now he’s asking me to leave. This room The one I felt was my own,

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