in the pale light, his tan skin contrasted against the pearls she wore. his hand gently stroked her face. she felt him close, and his breath against the back of her neck. his hands moved downward slowly, holding her close. his hands were her favourite. she pulled him close in the night and felt his hands hold her tight. nuzzling in the nape of his neck, she breathed in his scent and held her hands close to his heart. she heard it beat. its pitter-patter sent chills down her spine. oh how she yearned for him, the night was waning and darkness came. he turned to his side and she felt everything slip through her fingertips. she opened her eyes and whispered into the darkness, for just one more day of his happiness, take one away from mine. let him smile for just one more day. she reached out for him but all she felt was an empty pillow. he didn’t believe a thing she said. his shadow lingering in the darkness was all she could see. light never came, for it was only in the dark that she saw him with her.
the string that was tied never broke. it ran around in circles, went off a cliff and climbed back up. what once was taut became loose. to find it meant to lose. nobody had a clue.
in the darkest hour of the night, she whispered these three words for whom to hear, come what may. was what he said. everything came and everything that might, went away as the sun began to shine.
i hope you don’t mind, i hope you don’t mind what i put down in words, you’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue. they’re brown and you’ve forgotten how they look to you.
she went to depths unknown, became a flower on a planet with 53 sun-rises. the 53rd sunrise, was the best the planet had ever seen, but no one saw it. she swam back into the depths and he never cared to look back.
what once was taut, now loose, waiting to be found, now lost, hiding in the dark, yet shining bright for all to see. tears fall down like jewels and we’d become millionares. in the little red book, were the scars they inked onto pages that no one could see.
© Amanda Lee 2011
