Starving

I move through corridors
Where no one reaches
Hands in pockets, hearts behind glass
I speak, and the air swallows the words
Before they can be heard
Before they can mean

Bodies pass
None of them see
Not the weight in my eyes
Not the ache in my chest
Just the shape
Just the noise
A figure among figures
A breath that doesn't warm

Touch me slow, let me go
Breath me in, on the skin
Say my name then forget
Make me whole with regret

I watch the way they love
Like it costs nothing
Like the the night is enough
And the morning forgives
I never learned that ritual
My fire stays hidden and no one knocks

This isn't about flesh
This isn't about desire
This is the scream you only hear when it's quiet
The mirror fogs from breath but never clears

Touch me slow, let me go
Breath me in, on the skin
Say my name then forget
Make me whole with regret

I've buried moments under eyelids
Fantasies that will before they bloom
I could be anyone and no one would noticed
Just another shadow waiting to matter

Touch me slow, let me go
Breath me in, on the skin
Say my name then forget
Make me whole with regret