we’ve been locked in battle for some time now,
i keep catching that glint in the shadows,
you’re peering right at me,
inspecting my imperfections with ripe aplomb,
knowing that i’m too weak to try and deflect your gaze.
one of these days, i’ll defeat you.
i’ll finally look back at you and pierce
that futile, fatal foreboding,
you always manage to creep over my head,
tiny droplets of dread plinking off my pores.
hell, one day, maybe i’ll embrace you.
trace my fingers along the ivory bones,
and reel you in for a plutonic peck on my lips.
lock my fingers into you and let you in,
and embrace that fear,
that
fear
once more.
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