Feli Elizab Poet Free verse

If the Past Was Never

Lately, a kiss is a long lost wish.
We've both forgotten how to care.
So just in case you never remember,
I will tattoo "love" behind your eyelids
so you will see it when you sleep
and forget the ghosts that became us.
I should sneak into your darkest crevices
and replace the webs with words.
Forget the complicated cursive strokes.
I will rewrite us in Braille, in
rounded words that were meant to feel.
I will reconstruct us in the language
of the Hopi, the way we spoke when
the past was never, and love was all
we could ever see.

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Lin Lane November 6, 2015 at 10:53 AM Felicia... keep getting it out... this one is a gem. "write it in braille..." I think the idea is for him to FEEL what he cannot see, but he has no feelings. Good job. Feli Elizab November 6, 2015 at 11:09 AM Yes, exactly Lin! Thank you so much for understanding and the kind words.