Adieu
The History of a Fire Escape
we didn't link our elbows
to make chains that kept us
together
we didn't curl next to each other
and watch as the stars speak
(in luster and sheen)
we didn't love like
an old pounded heart
worn on the old man's book
we loved like a casualty of war
like the note of a dropped pen
like a balloon that wasn't strong enough
to hold us
we loved a different kind
(a lethal kind)
where our hearts were left
on the side of the road
with no streetlights or hope
(s.h)
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