Tokens

Don’t say what you don’t mean.

Photo by Cristian Newman on Unsplash

Don’t say what you don’t mean.

And I’m sorry doesn’t change a thing

when what you do is still the same;

don’t say I’m sorry when nothing’s changed

Say instead

that you are broken

and the lies you told

were just a token.

Traded in for more of this —

My breath, your breath, the deepest kiss

My hands, your hands, the deepest sighs

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