you told me to close my eyes and count to ten,
\nto come and find you when i opened them again<\/p>\n
but in the darkened beats i felt your fingers
\nintertwine with mine. “i didn’t want you to be alone,”
\nyou said. we decided to play tag instead.<\/p>\n
that summer we stained our fingerprints
\nwith chlorine and strawberry popsicles<\/p>\n
but soon, years drew lines across our faces and sad smiles
\nheld stories we saved for red wine and winter nights<\/p>\n
until, finally, I told you about him.
\n“close your eyes and count to ten,” you said<\/p>\n
it was summer when he stained my fingerprints
\nwith kisses covered in poison, but you wiped my tears
\nthat winter and said,\u00a0“now open them”<\/p>\n
and in the glow of the firelight, you reached your hand
\ntowards mine and promised, “you never have to be alone again.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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