damage

i read the universe in on our conversations, because oh, how it feels to bleed

when your words crumble at the corners of my mouth like stardust i fall again

for that soft curve of your cheekbone, sharp eyes that cut through the silence

and the fall is more like a tumble than a float, and i break and bruise all over

when i thought i hit rock bottom again, you sing sweet melodies and there

i go, tumbling, crumbling, bruising and breaking, and the damage rings loud

in my crimson ears when my note falls silent on your singing tongue