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Poetry
Lilly Perkins
Careful
careful.
you let your guard down for just a moment
did you catch...
...a glimpse of what i see?
did you allow yourself to consider
what might be?
or is it too late, are you too blind...
...or are my eyes simply open too wide...
unlock your mask and take it off. i can see through it anyway.
you're {i'm} fooling yourself {myself}
your eyes say "I want"
your mouth says "I can't"
{won't}
and so
we continue
playing the game of not playing games
and i fold myself
into the shape you want me to be
hiding to avoid the inevitable fall
waiting for me below
*
hoping you might
somehow
take the time
feel the high
be alive
change your mind
stay the night
perhaps decide
to take a chance on me.