XIII ways to fall.

Falling:

1. Asleep
2. Down
3. Over
4. Flat
5. Apart
6. Back
7. Behind
8. Through
9. Away
10. Out
11. In (love)
12. For you
13. To pieces

Let go.

She smells like vanilla and petals,
Her mouth the sweetness of apples,
She is the dream, the promise,
All softness and easy perfection,
Everything he wanted or needed,
Or even thought she could be,

Yet he is done with her so quick,
Surely it was a nightmare,
Or something in the way of madness,
He will be surprised to learn,
How quickly she can step aside,
Before he tries to walk away first.

Lost you.

It hurts that you know exactly who I am, even now.

You recognise every flicker of emotion
You comprehend my every movement
You understand my sighs and smiles
The way I am in every moment

It hurts that I don't know you in any way, anymore.

Ghost.

Alive
And then
A gasp like exhaustion

Glass shatters
Life pending
And smoke drifts

Rising
A wraith
A wisp of thought

Curling back
Returning
Home?

Hands reaching
Pores leaking
Screaming

Smoke swept away
Weightless
Weightless on the wind

Grey like no thought
Gone
But not forgotten

Soldiers.

The soldiers in a line,
Perfect, countable rows,
Ready to fight, to die,
Just to prove,
Amour non-réciproqué,
There is no understanding,
Of all the pain,
The wars now forming,
The hearts to break.

Too late.

Letting someone go is the hardest decision to make,
When time after time you've tried to hold on,
Wishing they'd open their eyes to see your fingers slipping,
Trying to grip for just one second longer,
And how it hurts when the moment you lose the fight,
They turn, eyes wide open at last, but you're already gone.

This smile.

This smile you've given to me, I tried to make it go away. I thought I had it under control. Thought you didn't mean that much at all.

Funny how I know that I can't lie and yet I still try to lie to myself. It doesn't work any better. So maybe I'll just go with the truth.

You make me smile. And it's amazing.