untraceable love lines

i trace hearts on your bare back,

connect the dots that scar you, begging the sky to blind me

to the resolution i see in your eyes –

hoping you'll take everything back,

praying to a wicked god

you might roll over and realize

there's a chance for us.

"do you believe in destiny?"

"yes, but not with you."

you're scared, you shiver;

terrified to ever let anyone look

beneath your armoured surface

yet i was fool enough to believe

those slivers of fear you laid

in my trembling hands

were a sign our names

would be etched

into our own constellations.

i hate to watch you sleep,

because deep down i know

it will always be me

drawing invisible hearts,

never you.