Day 219: Seven Word Story

You cannot fool me with fake smiles.

Day 218

I'm standing before
you, a stranger that I
used to know, the sunlight
streaming through closed
flowered curtains casts
a shadow on your face
so I can only see
tear-stained eyes

pleading for another chance

I don't remember them being
so blue.

Day 217

I am sleepwalking through a forest
where minutes soon become hours
branches tap me on the shoulder
and sunlight creeps behind me
as dawn breaks to say hello
and your silhouette becomes
a shadow
staring at me as sunlight
pierces your eyes
I take a step closer as you take a step back
that's how it has always been
I laugh
and your silhouette becomes
a shadow

I blink
and you are gone

Day 216

she's been living in another world
one where her scars have disappeared
and she has all the right words to say
one where he still loves her
and she still feels beautiful

Day 215

there's an emptiness in your eyes
that I've never seen before

a beautiful disaster
searching for love in all
the wrong places
look me in the eyes
and you'll see all the
perfection in your flaws

Day 214

elegance on paper
with the sting of a thousand bees
words cut like diamonds
how can the same letters that form
I love you
slice my heart in two?

Day 213

you ignited a
fire in my veins and your games
were the gasoline