Six Scars to Remember Me By by alxplaysguitar, literature
Literature
Six Scars to Remember Me By
You insecurities are buried behind the shell you wear –
Just a thin layer of sweet sweat and stale beer.
Cigarette smoke resides on your fingertips
And I inhaled the suffocating scent.
You leaned your lips in to brush my neck;
Pulling me closer in,
You know what it's like to have been there.
Pupils wide with fear – or is it something else?
You know this place all too well,
There's no point hiding it, I won't deny it,
I gazed steadily into your eyes.
For a moment in time, perplexed or confused,
You realized the same things that I knew.
It seemed like a decision you would not make,
But your feet stood their ground,
Not
