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Orbits

Orbit or forfeit but never collide
You’ll just mess it up like last time

On a beach in St. Augustine, Florida, I thought I wanted you.

Orbit or forfeit but never collide
You’ll just mess it up like last time

I could have sworn I knew you from somewhere, the way your hair aligned with the freckles on your nose like a seashell. So distinct. And rare.

Orbit or forfeit but never collide
You’ll just mess it up like last time

I caught your eye. Visions of prairie wagon dirt clouds plumed in my head. I think it was the sea spray. Maybe. Grains of sand splayed on your forearms like stars. You had a dusty look about you. 

Orbit or forfeit but never collide
You’ll just mess it up like last time

You smiled, and flakes of crystallized sea salt broke off your skin like a sparkling chrysalis. You were glowing,

but I averted my eye.
My mantric mind.
Orbit or forfeit but never collide
You’ll just mess it up like last time

Copyright © Eli Hera | Year Posted 2024

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