Say it then;
While the moon
Licks the floor
Special with silvers
We can dance
On fragrant floorboards,
Feet synchronised
In a way our hearts
Never were.
Please say it;
You're lying beside.
Heads pressed closely,
Laughing like we did
When we were friends
I can't imagine that space
Beside me, empty
And cooling
Your shape in the sheets
Like love in negative
Look, just say it.
We've got the dawn
To say the last words
The sunrise melting
Over my regrets
And could-have-beens.
Your lips apart
Still not moved
To say you love
Or leave.
Say it now: I won't
Say it for you.
I've already loved
For two
The pangs of losing
Take away my breath
But not my mind
Do it quick. Let words
Flock like migrating birds
The words fly south,
Their meaning's Winter.
This is it, isn't it?
The clock is dry.
You have your shampoo
And toothbrush
And my yearning
Never mind. Wasn't to be.
That's what they say.
But if one day you feel for me
Then say it.
But now, it's time.
Say it as I tremble.
Such agony and relief:
You don't love me.
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