and this boy.

By NeroMatches

i’m sorry if i can’t love you,
for i am a frayed soul of broken stardust and streetlamps,

i keep your fragrance in my closet
as though it were an old ghost holding up a flower for you to wear
but i’m afraid of romance
and i cower in corners when pretty girls
try to show me a better world in their dreams

for love was a sickly thing that hid under my bed when i slept,
and it has come to mean nothing more to me
than that first dance, a few poems and phone calls,
and sex that drips like strychnine into memory.

would you feel better with a kiss,
or would the beat of my heart bruise yours?

i do not know what to tell you,
except that your existence only lives in an etch in moleskin;
it is a beautiful portrait, and it hurt my fingers,
so perhaps you would like it.

would you think of me solemnly?
i couldn’t care less. but please do not keep the fire burning.
love does not knock on these doors anymore,
and i wouldn’t want you to feel the same way.

find another boy who isn’t in love with misery,
make sure that this one isn’t into poetry.

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© 2008 NeroMatches
Published on Friday, October 17, 2008.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Very few can make me cry with just a single poem. And this one isn't even long. I feel helpless, hopeless, but needing.

  • musicalsuicide On Thursday, May 27, 2010, musicalsuicide (58)By person wrote:

    forgive me if i adore this

  • A former member wrote: Most excellent imagery. Thanks for the opportunity to read this.

  • carlosjackal On Friday, October 24, 2008, carlosjackal (3011)By person wrote:

    "or would the beat of my heart bruise yours?"...Excellent piece :)

  • A former member wrote: damn good to see you posting again... it's been far too long. an odd tale you tell.. a fair warning to the women in your world? I like this, some phrases really stand out... like the strychnine sex drip... that is positively lovely.... somethin to grind the ol molars on ;)

  • NeroMatches On Saturday, October 18, 2008, NeroMatches (49)By person wrote:

    ainsof! haha. and it's great to be back. thank you :)

  • A former member wrote: ..broken stardust and streetlamps.. love this. and also the last two lines were killer. *fav*

  • urbanhumility On Friday, October 17, 2008, urbanhumility (1175)By person wrote:

    a foward and intrinsic form of prose you write......darkly honest.....articulate........so very well written...................urban

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