if I had my way
then you\'d never
have to chase me
back to your arms.
you used to say
\"Tenderness, Hayleigh,
it\'s such a fragile thing.\"
but that it goes unnoticed by me.
in this place,
these confines that I\'m forcing myself
to call my home,
you can never really touch me
nor my heart.
this angel\'s curse,
her date carved into stone,
kiss her nose
look in her limestone eyes.
\"Someday,\" you tell me.
\"We\'ll both be happy,
but not today.\"