Remember the one who bent your back
Ripped your heart from your chest
And buried it in snow
I placed her, a bitter wafer, on your tongue
And you held her there till she melted

Remember the one who ran from you,
Danced stunning pirouettes just out of reach
Of your hungry hands, grasping for just
A taste of that skin on your palm
I chased her across the sky to the moon
Where she became a handful of silver I brought home to you

Remember all those lithe bodies that I could never be
Those clenched fists and jaws so full of certainty and purpose
Tongues soft and warm and ready with words
All the right words that fit into you in all the right places

Remember how they swarmed and buzzed
How I smeared my nectar, careful, thick, on your skin
To woo them closer
To beg them stay
To have them fill you

Remember how you told me that you could never love me like that
So sweet and heavy like that
That you were still searching for the one
That held all the want and hunger
But was still light enough to fly
And take you with her

The one that was strong enough to to be what you needed
But not need you

Remember how I tried to be all that and more for you?
Remember how I failed you?
How I broke too easily beneath your gaze

I hope you find that woman
The one who will be as tough as nails
Even when she lets you into the softest parts of her

remember that girl?
the one who bent your back,
ripped your heart from your chest
and buried it in snow
remember her?
i placed her, a bitter wafer, on your tongue
and you held her there till she melted

remember that girl?
the one who ran from you,
danced stunning pirouettes just out of reach
of your hungry hands, grasping for just
a taste of that skin on your palm
remember her?
i chased her across the sky to the moon
where she became a handful of silver I brought home to you

Remember all those girls, those women
Those lithe bodies that I could never be
Those clenched fists and jaws so full of certainty
And purpose. Tongues soft and warm and ready with words
All the right words that fit into you in all the right places

Remember how they swarmed and buzzed
How I smeared the nectar, careful, thick, on your skin
To woo them closer
To beg them stay
To have them fill you

Remember how you told me that you could never love me like that
So sweet and heavy like that
That you were still searching for the right one
The perfect one
The one that held all the want and hunger
But was still light enough to take fly
And take you with her
The one that was strong enough to want you
And not need you

Remember how I tried to be all that and more for you?
Remember how I failed you?
I am done now.
Keep looking for that woman
Who will be as tough as nails
Even when she lets you into the softest parts of her.
I hope you find her.