Making False

They turned their backs on us
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlike we were ghosts
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII{rather than girls}
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlike we’ve been bitten
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII{by a monster}
until days turned frosty at
the slightest brush
of a hand.

Fallen angel, you were,
but so was I.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIHidden in the spotlight
IIIIIIIIIIIIIwith rainbows a long way away.

You cried and I sat, still as a stone
sculpture placed in the middle of rain.
I didn’t know
what to do.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII{still don’t}

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYou looked at me,
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIpleading.

I held out my arm once more
and you smiled as I fell
to your innocence again.

Your facade was innocent
IIIIIIIIIbut you really weren’t.
In the end, forbidden
reasons won out and
we never let go.

IIIIIIEven as they told us
IIIIIIwe’re a sin together,
IIIIIIwrong and disgusting
IIIIIIand unnatural.