Us (reprise)

What we loved 

in each other

escaped

into the wind

now

every leaf 

picked up 

snaps neatly 

into two.

In your memory

One day, you will find me
on the edge of your tongue

and I will leave with a
trail of such sweetness

you will try your best
to roll me back in.

When I read you

Your writing reads
like a knife and
I am butter.

Where it sinks
right into me,
I bleed bitter.

This inevitable fall

Slipping

I slip

into your

        lip

now

        flip

me upside

down

with your smile. 

the curve of your smile,
my heart is building again
on the curve of your smile