love didn't matter, but home was with you

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Khaimin

Published: Apr 21, 2014

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i.
there's still shadows left of you
even with the
little that remains. i wish
sometimes the light
would stop it's singing long enough
for them to grow,
even though
my heart spends enough
time aching when
just the photographs
show their faces.

ii.
you took me
to a wedding once - it was a cold
night, and the
multitude
of stars in the sky made
it seem like God's
breath was reaching out
to earth. i don't remember
the names of the two who
joined together
indefinitely, anymore, not
when the wind's taken
those memories
in it's hold; but i remember crying because
love's just so damn
hard to find, and you
found me instead behind
the rosebushes that
were too stained to be called
white.

iii.
you told
me that sometimes
love doesn't matter, and
i (did)n't want to
believe you.

iv.
you asked me once if anything
mattered, a lighter
gracing one hand and a
cigarette lining your
lips. i wasn't
sure back then
and i don't know
if i am now

(but i think i want to say yes).

v.
my body never felt
your goodbye -
i woke up to
rumpled sheets and the smell
of aftershave, a rumpled
receipt with
a note on the back -

it broke my heart.

vi.
you told me once
that love
doesn't matter, and - now -
i believe you.

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