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"Separate"
by Meixia Huang

Something like firelight glints off your skin
Smoothing the imperfections, the little scars and freckles.
Branding you at the same time with my name,
A hot-bitter sting of something sweet in essence
But poisonous in bite.

I watch and I protect,
You being the very core of all my devotion,
And still time slips away
Right past my fingertips like always,
And I fear that you will too.

There is something fractured here
That is the imperfect, unfitted piece to the puzzle,
Something jagged that I try to bend
Because I want us to fit together,
But I can’t alter the shape or peel the edges.

Sometimes it feels like I am working for nothing.
Feels like we were something, aren’t anymore,
And it hurts that you still wear my name
Like your heart on your sleeve,
Like usual, like always.

I stand still and listen
To the words that come out of your mouth
And the simple reason that you bring,
Ideas and theories of why things end,
A feeling close to comfort, you say.

I am imperfect, jagged in places once were smooth,
But I can’t fit into it anymore
And neither can you.
So routine is the silent killer, and I should move on,
But I’ll only go if you come along.