Unrequited

you love her. 
she has you
bowed on your knees - 
twisting your crown into 
patches and rags 

you’ll abandon
your pride and let the apologies scald yourtongue and … 
sear into my memory. 

you, love, are so blind.  

i’ll paint you vivid and kiss your palms.
Let you shatter my
bones and break
my spine - take
my life and set
it aflame 

but then I realize, 
she’s gold, and i’m not 
even breaching on copper. 

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