1. we are broken bones looking to meld together hairline fractures fitting with impossibility except we can't get to this point with you too afraid or too stubborn or too this-isn't-a-good-time to let me rip you open from the throat to gut to get at your heart when i told you i was broken you didn't say you would fix me you said you were too and it was like someone saying thank you yes please let's set this straight 2. animals we are animals violent. and if we fight for anything we fight for love we are teeth and claw and blood our ribcages are the antlers of deer who want their way crashing together, locking, and struggling and one of us will die wearing the other like a crown 3. i am a universe where you kissed me the day you met me eye to eye without a hello, just how i asked you to you are a lifetime where you never know my name and something always feels off i am a vowel at midnight that just doesn't sound right and you are nobody's favourite colour (i saw you in shades of green) 4. i chose not to grieve for you and that's all i want to do 5. we are what i said we would always be: shameless and desperate - s.c
