Opening Pages

Muted light smoothes over us, the curtains standing guard. It’s all there: everything, written in your eyes… Bold words that flash with every blink and glow from beneath lashes. It’s all I can do, takes all my strength just to look straight back. //Stop pretending, there's no mending, we've already choked on ‘sorry’. Stuck in cages, opening pages, we can't rewrite our story.// Warm air shifts around us, no space beneath your hold. It’s hard to stop, we were everything, but mistakes have intervened… Dulled glitter: no one wants to see us hold hands anymore. It’s hard to breathe, takes all my will to try and turn away. _Words just aren’t enough, they’re weightless now because they’ve all been said before. Forgiveness is distant, we can not retreat because we’ve already closed the door. I’m hating this, all these ‘I love you’s keep hanging on for more._ //Stop believing, just start breathing and forget about each 'sorry'. No more taking, just more breaking 'cause I'm finished with this story.//