if
whenyou're groping
through the darkness
for a body to love
you grasp
inyour fingers
some part of me
I know you
will pull back
as ifburned
you will look away
and mutter shyly
your apologies
the onlyshy thing between us
and I will take them
to keep
in a pocket
toread
when there are no more
"I'm sorry's" left
for you tomutter.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.
Eilatan
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