two worlds right next door to each other
almost crashed passing the township marker going north.
by BEE LB
if this is a goodbye i continue to say?
s&m on 32 will stand after i'm gone, after you.
almost crashed passing the township marker going north.
thought i saw turnip rock but didn't.
wondered if i'd see you & if i did what i'd do
but i didn't. you would've loved me
sunbaked grinning dripping huron everywhere i went.
my braid reaches my waist now you know.
you've never known me with a braid
but i can feel your hands in my hair gathering
what i can't reach. don't all lies come from a place of self
protection? don't be afraid to tell me no.
though i guess you never were. i have to remind myself
how many years i gave you to show me what being loved could feel like.
i am only a sliver lonelier now than then.
BEE LB is an array of letters, bound to impulse; a writer creating delicate connections. they have called any number of places home; currently, a single yellow wall on unceded Anishinaabe land in Michigan. they have been published in FOLIO, Figure 1, The Offing, and Harpur Palate, among others. their portfolio can be found at twinbrights.carrd.co and they can be found at patreon.com/twinbrights
