Because She Would Hold Me
Phantoms of his scent hold me
In the moonlight unlit by his eyes that taught me how to cry
Held in heat by a body which does not belong to him
Because I cannot
Love is not love
Which looks on tempests
And then finds an alteration
How I’ve altered
Since he last ran his fingers through my auburn curls
I have since cut
And still I hold his scent in my memory
Like a talisman against further injury
A power uncrossed by five time zones
And a fiery plague upon both our houses
How you lied for me
But could never lie with me
I smell you in everyone
But never touch you
So shielded against
Being the only one
The only man I’ve ever loved
She held your place
But only because she would hold me
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