I belong elsewhere— Do not tempt me.

To me, we are both lonely. I sit comfortably with silence. Let it braid itself into

blueness, bluer than you or me blues in the morning in the evening

This casual “hey,” is too heavy for me, to hold with one hand. A dense weight pressing down. Invisible,

You collect people like loose buttons. Sew them into yourself before breakfast. Still, you fray.

I do not pray. I believe in this hum. The static between fingertips. How the sadness

I should live by the sea. Silence this noise. I should like to be still, to quiet my temper, to breathe.

She is the sun, —Unforgivingly, Achingly bright. To linger is to blister and blind.

I often try to carry this solace, and just like when we take ourselves off when we are sad,

I am almost someone, you were waiting for. I seek forgiveness hoping you may recall what I have long since forgotten.

It’s really is a most foolish belief, an assurance of regret even. To think that we will one day

A rich start in the city, same old daughter, just a touch less pretty. You play your games with me, your version of hide and seek.

Sundays were never mine, in design or desire. They are half-warm, half-true. And I never learnt to play.

The pursuit of light is a pilgrima… A resolute march towards gilded ho… To follow the sun is to chase cons… To linger for brilliance unbroken. Yet, even the sun is not endless.

There are pieces of the sun fragmented in all of us.