Smiling as cities lay to waste,

Railing sliding across smoother hips

Hands clutching

To -the running and the screaming-

The dreams which once made us laugh

To kiss you is a slow death

-Poison pumping through the veins-

Like the brush of a toothy-kiss against chest

We were so convinced that we would be different

-Unaffected

Free-

Not lost like the wishes behind stars

-Once, we drifted in the wind-

Snapping with the life inside plastic bags

Before the bitterness sank in

Chilling the bones

And settling unsettlingly in the marrow

Rain dripping down the side of faces

Slipping into the space between kisses

Sweet and salty

Tears like sweat

Fingernails breaking skin

To air our guilt

And dirty laundry like

Tiny testaments to our faith

That if there is something,

It disappeared much longer

Than the time it took

For us to grow up.