I Am Him Again

if this reaches you — subscribe for more. it’s free.my fingers grasp a picture in my galleryit belongs to my futureher face is blurryskin translucenta touch unknownbones that dont fit her face A family of apparitionsthey’re all i’d havei imagine her presencein every place i haven’t visitedin the words, i dont remembera language of ghosts with no grammarsomewhere in that placewith ghosts i have yet to embracei’m inlove with themwith hermy hands relaxedchasing something small and stupida laugh unravelling in my throatthe kind of laugh that doesn’t get silencedin every picture of me and my wifemy face contortsinto an expression unknowna smileglowingand i’m him againin this existence, i smile at the pointlessmy hands open, reachingi trust without reasonsuspicion ceases to existin this futurei wasn’t just a boyi was your boyand i am him again Get full access to The House Still Exists at edenexempt.substack.com/subscribe