i am careful
about
mis-
leading you.
there are times that you touch me
and all i echo
is
i want
i want
i want.

and sometimes i just squirm
underhand
not liking
the way your hands say
i have-
need.

but i care
about
misleading
you.

so i just curl against you
and pretend to sleep.
and no-
no i don't
want to leave
just yet.
so i'll just trace your face
in this photograph
until
you just disintegrate.

outlines
cartoons
just segments
of how i reconstructed the memory

to fit the story
and not the actuality.
BUT
it's going to be ok
ok?
because you don't have to know
no?
no you don't.