darling,

you breathe you live you love you hurt

like me

you cry you smile you laugh you sniff

like me

you splash you sing you dance you tease

like me

there is so much and very little

you do,
like me

but I can't do it like you
I can't be like you
you are a contrast
you are a tangent
veering off into the sunset
laughing with tears
streaming down
your face-
the kind
that walks on line
with an ache so deep
in your belly
coloring your cheeks
sparkling your teeth

it's so beautiful
it's so pleasing
it's a miracle
in a miracle

and I can't be like you

you are like me and you will always be

but I am never like you

my laughter gets stuck
in my lungs
and it doesn't know
how to color my cheeks
it doesn't know
how to sparkle my teeth

it's a dead bird
with no nest
praying to fly
but lazy to sway

I am you you are me but I will never be like you

they like you more too

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©VioletEden

4thJune2017