Anonymous (First Written February 16th 1997)

I've never seen something so gorgeous.

I can't speak around you while I am here,
I wouldn't want to break the mould.
Brick by ever loving brick the walls are built to keep us out,
How many sides do you have?
How many ways do you reconstruct?
The first time you spoke to me I contemplated the end was near.
Chemicals and conscience intertwining with every word,
And still I never caught your name.
Can I hold you while you crumble?
Can I be your space to hide?
With no words to say and nothing to feel,
Swallowing hard with a heavy heart, I struggle to congeal the words.
Unsure of what to say to you I break this gaze,
Adjusting, remoulding, coagulating...
All these feelings that I thought were forgotten,
Caught in between - just watching.

I've never seen something so gorgeous, fade as it does.

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