Poetry

letters i'll never send

By STELLA RUSSO | Published: June 4, 2010

one.
can't seem to make the words feel right
these last few days
they spill out in surface sentences
without a single injection
of what is roiling around inside

i'm just as afraid as you are

the risk i take every time i look into your eyes
there is nothing practical about love
and i can't figure out why you think it should be

two.
you're the highest cliff i've ever jumped from
and i never questioned the free fall
not even once

three.
so where can i end?

this story
tied up in the subconscious
addiction, obsession

just when i thought it was clear
no present danger of losing again

my words come and go
in and out of your mouth
my ears
my tongue in a coma
from what to say next

so i let you say it all
without protest or admittance
of what i want
and all my desire
left cowering in the darkness
of what we made together

stella russo

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