Saturday, February 27, 2021

Soft Names

Are all love is in text,
Ink stains in sheafs of songs,
The small shades of what’s next.

No one in love’s not wronged.
What wants, hurts, and those terms
That fit best don’t fit long.

Of all loves, life’s the worst,
The wretch that begs for breath,
Wet-lipped soft names to curse.