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    i want to forget you,
    but my body won't let me --
    i still have so many things
    that stare at me with your eyes.

    the book you gave me on mythology
    still has the story of narcissus dog-eared and worn,
    and it sits high atop my dresser
    where my eyes won't stray;
    but it's more like
    a damn throne than
    a hideaway.

    i memorized the story when you left
    because it reminded me of you.


    we went to a thrift shop that one day --
    you might not remember,
    because i think you might've had
    a drink or five beforehand --
    and you bought me a necklace that
    cost a quarter
    and told me trash was treasure, sometimes;
    i wanted to break the chain,
    but you were excited so i put it around my neck
    like securing a noose;
    i still wear it every day.

    i like to keep death by my side,
    and a noose can't be too bad --
    i already lost my breath to you.


    i remember that we went to a chinese place --
    or maybe it was thai --
    and you mimicked the waiter's accent
    when he took forever with the food;
    i laughed til my stomach hurt,
    and couldn't swallow when our dinner came.
    you bought me a box of fortune cookies on the way home,
    'cause i got hungry and saw them in a window,
    and the first one i cracked
    said it would be one hell of a good year;
    i kept it to remind me of
    the ways you both lied.

    i don't eat chinese anymore,
    or thai, or whatever it was --
    it makes my stomach ache and twist and turn
    in the same way you made me sick.
nothing in this story has a ring of truth to it, I just concoted it in my head and needed to get it out.
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imperfect-parachute's avatar
This is amazing!! I love it!! =D