what wont ever stay

if this reaches you, subscribe for more at edenexempt.substack.com - it’s freeMy fingertips breach the sandCastles built on this beach dissolvedin the absence of youI reshape the soil until it resembles the artand bury my face in its mimicryi breathe it in to be with youfingers running through sandearth escaping between the spaceswhere i brushed your hairthe sand sticks to my skinas if even the earth wont let go of youmy mind keeps shaping what wont ever staythe tide crept in and dissolved your vicesand left you untouchedI’m stranded here without you to counterthe waves erasing what we once built togetherI pluck shells from the groundand arrange themin your beautyand line the edges to the tidethe sand grits against my eyes Get full access to The House Still Exists at edenexempt.substack.com/subscribe