for A. [VI]

I saw dreams hanging off her eyelashes

that's when she shot me with a smile

the sleepy smile, you know?

the genuine smile, the 'lips appreciating life,

eyes longing for sleep' smile, you know?

she shot me through her gaze, too

that bullet made me bleed real bad

the red red love pouring out of me bad, you know?

the blushing bad, the 'on the edge of consciousness,

walking toward Death' bad, you know?

the dreams kept playing over her face

until she let them take over her mind