and in my pocket lies
a twisted wad of promises made
when we were hopeful and
still proud of who we were when
our hands were face to face.
i. us against the world.
they always said we were practically
one person, even before the
start, before the bend, before
the break.
we smiled inside ourselves but stayed
stone-faced in fear of
investing too much too quickly.
it was always unspoken that they were right.
ii. staying up late.
i was the first one to wreck your
sleep schedule. i
torched it to the ground, made you forget what it was like to
fall peaceful before ten and
we laid restless thinking up colors that
didn't exist and we
went to work t
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the world puts little sprouts between
your shoulder blades and a
halo above your head.
(it flickers).
my little celestial.
you are not high up in the
ranks, but
you're a god to me.
the horn-tailed demons
don't agree.
they pluck the feathers from your wings
one by one and
you falter.
not so much a golden child anymore
they say and your face
hides the way
your heart breaks but
i know you better than to miss a beat.
your heart misses a beat.
then two.
then three.
then i see your wings
go black.
my fallen angel.
you could reign hell on them all
if you wanted to,
but you're
better than that.