i.

you were my favorite 3am

i still think the eyebags

are worth it

 

ii.

my new sheets can never

compare to how your bare skin

makes me feel safe

 

iii.

my mom still asks about you

how you are and what you do

i wish i still knew the answers

 

iv.

my hands never seem to fit

right with anyone else's

other than yours

 

v.

i had the poems you wrote me framed

and hung in the darkest

spaces of my mind

 

vi.

i wish my feelings would just

wilt away like the flowers you gave me

which i still water every day

 

vii.

i think i need you

more than i needed to pass that lit class

i just realized too late

 

viii.

when you asked what i thought about your haircut, i

only laughed because you seemed to think i would

love you less if there were less of you

 

(ak)