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Shutter

I woke up and you had gone 
After the shock 
That struck
When you said,

“Take it off “

When you opened up;
And I finally felt your eyes.

I am tired and I need you in my life.
She said, 
“Dear god, 
Please stay the night.”

I wore your clothes home,
When you woke up
And it was time for me to go.

I used to drown to fill the wound;
Until I couldn’t feel whatever it was 
That kept me away from you.

I was too far gone by the time
I could reach inside.

What did I ever give 
To everyone that ever touched me,
But a reason for them to leave?
I begged myself to go free.

I am standing like a fool 
With words I don’t owe
With handfuls of nothing to show.

And fall at your feet.
You can see me
Undress you
In my dreams.

I don't know what you want from me.

I am forbidden,
And you are a dream. 

Pull back the curtains;
Let love breathe like a wound.

Let love 
Open you like 

It did when I first saw you
Unclothed and 
Dumbfounded--
Undone and
Undue.

We are lying in the grass on an April afternoon;
Unfurl.
Open the gate and let me
Show you everything I have to lose.

Show me the cracks that run along the spine
Of the dark you try to hide.

Your neck
Meets my mouth—
Shutter.
The sun comes out;

And it always comes too soon.

Love me before the dream drops out,
Like great things always do.

Copyright © Jessica Vh | Year Posted 2016

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