Flirt

 I can pretend
 to be unmoved
when you smile.
  Flash my lashes
     act as if
my pulse
   doesn't race
my blood
   doesn't pound.
look away,
    dignified.
 Unaffected.
    I can feign
        I am
     unaware
of your touch,
    ignore
the tingle
        the heat
left upon my skin
 by the slightest
      brush
of your hand.
 I can make believe
    with the best
    my heart
 doesn't break
     just a little
 each time
     you
walk away.
 And I can
    pretend 
        you
are unaware
   of my every
    pretense
and wait
     hope
  you call
      my bluff

Fractured

I am not alone here
      in my
  grey matter cell
   they are legion
  who reside inside
       this hole.          
    They scream
    of regrets
and cry of pain
they have known
 they whisper
    secrets
  that freeze my
       shattered soul.
  They see through
my shuttered eyes
  and use my
numbed limbs;
   I am often left
to clean
  the messes
they have
       made.
I wash guilt
  from my hands
scrub the blood
     from my skin
and wait
    for the
memories
    to fade...

Something of forever...

 There is something
   of forever
        in us.
          we are
the unchanging dance
   of the moon
 returning
    in velvet darkness
 to embrace
    the star glittered sky.
        and like
   the ocean waves
 find their way back
     to kiss the sand,
  my soul
        always
  finds its way
    back
    to you.