so kill me, mockingbird

i once said, listen up,
because here's the way
it's going to work:

there will be milky ways
and mountains and clouds
dancing with rain,

the sun won't quite
look the same, and the moon
won't seem so dull.


i once said, come closer,
because there's something
that you need to know:

at night we'll breathe
against each other, move
with each other,

and our delirious melodies
will wake the waves
and shake the stars.


i once said, stay here,
don't go, never ever
leave me:

but here i am now,
eating my words
from a silver platter.