Necromancy
(Attempting to Raise the Dead)
1.
When the corner of his mouth turns up like the breaking of a wave, don’t translate your racing heartbeats to mean you are in love. The thudding sound that echoes from your chest is a war cry - a warning being screamed at you the only way your body knows how.
2.
When his hand collides with your skin and your breaths leave you like your past lovers, move his hand away and don’t daydream about it later.
3.
He will hand you distance like it is a bouquet of flowers and you will accept it like it is the invitation to a funeral of someone you can reincarnate. You cannot raise the dead darling. You cannot keep him breathing.
4.
He is already empty.
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This is an excerpt from Wasted Love.
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Without the slap, the distance remains, hollowed out & empty, never to rise again.
He will hand you distance like it is a bouquet of flowers and you will accept it like it is the invitation to a funeral of someone you can reincarnate. You cannot raise the dead darling. You cannot keep him breathing. This was just so deep and true! I loved it!
Chills. This felt like it came from a deep place. I thoroughly enjoyed the creepiness I felt at the end. It made me go back and re read it. "When the corner of his mouth turns up like the breaking of a wave" Love the nuance of this line. There's room for it to be ominous but also charming...and both work. Well done! I'm gonna check out your poetry collection.
He will hand you distance like it is a bouquet of flowers-clever❤️😉📝❗