And still, she longs for love, when all she knows of it, is how much it scars.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd still, she longs for love, when all she knows of it, is how much it scars.
ALMA-MAY NOAWalls and brick have never felt like home, the way your gentle bones do.
ALMA-MAY NOAHow easy it was to hide from everything; everything except the truth in your eyes.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
ALMA-MAY NOAI want to lay down spread out and be the one to fill all the spaces empty – and occupied by her.
ALMA-MAY NOAI constantly wonder if I’m enough, do you? Tell me I’m not alone in my insufficiency.
ALMA-MAY NOAI breathe out light pleasing, soft, and warm – I’m still learning to breathe out fire.
ALMA-MAY NOATo be the water that engulfs your skin, oh, let me be the sea you drown in.
ALMA-MAY NOATears like flame slide down my skin, they burn like the memory of you.
ALMA-MAY NOAAnd I’m bruised but never broken.
ALMA-MAY NOAShadows may haunt your steps, but you will keep walking.
ALMA-MAY NOAHold me even closer than your shadow holds the dark; leave me in no doubt your arms are home.
ALMA-MAY NOAToo many times I’ve reached into shallow wells searching for acceptance, and too many times my bucket has come empty.
ALMA-MAY NOAIn the pause between your breaths and the space between your heartbeats, I think I heard forever.
ALMA-MAY NOAAll the scars I hide fearfully, you see; counting them carefully with your lips, and telling me they are beautiful.
ALMA-MAY NOAI accepted all of you – except for the vital part, that couldn’t accept all of me.
ALMA-MAY NOA