Dirt

April Fox
woke from a dream like missing you
something like sulfur in my throat
laughing, the dark ate me up while i wondered
how many would read this
and think of themselves

woke from a dream
tasted like back then
the salt and the sweet and i
closed my eyes
waited
for sleep to come back

i wasn't ready for
you
weren't quite ready for
any of all of it
we left behind
the things we never had
traded them in for something
solid
breakable
and false

our breath was dragons and the sky was
blankets
folding us up
and dumping us out
in the dirt.

Published by April Fox

When she isn't writing for sites like livestrong and typef, April can usually be found with her head in a book, lying in the sun blowing bubbles, or perched near the stage listening to music and trying to av...  View profile

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  • brenda7/31/2010

    yeah, some od us do "get it, feel it. know ir..."

  • Oscar Crawford7/26/2010

    Love it and went for the ride.

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