I.
excited,
happy and jumping
three pairs of feet and
three bullseyes in a row
 

Be careful,

laughter

or that'll be you.

You laughed too,

then.

If those were real axes,

I might take that threat seriously. 

I just laughed, 

too delirious to correct you. 

it wasn't a threat,

it was a promise. 

II.

My ribcage is unraveling and

I need your arms,

like a stitch,

cinched,

pulling me back together

I am so,

                   so

                                 selfish.

I know this will kill us both

But please, please

If you gave me another try

I promise this time I'd make it good

I'd do the right thing the second time around.

My ribcage is unraveling 

and I am left with these

patchwork lungs

III.

I was Apollo

and you, Icarus

I loved you, I did

the way that your wings caught the wind

and that smile as you soared higher

But darling,

the sun is not for mortals to touch

No matter how lonely it was in the sky.

IV.

Forever and always

I promised and

I cannot deliver

I said that we could still be friends

but this doesn't seem like friends to me

Your address in my google maps

Another set of streets with ghosts

Always

               that

                           lingering

           I'll                             question

                  never

                              learn my

                                               lesson

You know too much about me

those blue eyes see right through me

I've got to leave this town tonight

I swear these ghosts will eat me alive

Blue yarn in my pocket,

the loss is dead,

I dropped it.