1000 Words - 0171

I’m sorry I didn’t reply I was doing things

I didn’t think to reply, I’m sorry

It was nice, I was lying on grass with others

Lying, squinting

I could barely read my phone with the sunlight

But yes, I read it

Sorry

Everyone squinting together

Close warm on the grass

There was hummus and a frisbee gliding back and forwards over my head

One eye closed, winking

Sunlight dappling over their dresses

Messes of spread and crumbs

I didn’t think to reply 'till now

I’m just sitting now

Don’t know what to say

How are you so far away?

Is it sunny?

The sun just went down

I thought about you

Days drag slowly when it’s warm

Softly running ice creams onto the soil

We kicked a ball about

Seems like all one moment, motionless

I think about you walking through the door

Quickly smiling and your hand on the handle

Fingers curled and closing

Other hand to my hair

I have to go

So much time dragging slowly

Nights asleep I’ll try to dream of you

Nights asleep I’ll try to dream of you

Nights asleep I’ll try to dream of you

Nights asleep I’ll

Under kaleidoscope meshes of fabric

Bodies lifted and wilted and wound and back and forth

Laughter cut the air

Their hair twirled with the dresses

So far away

Other images float and glisten among the spots of sunlight

Behind closed eyelids morphing shapes of red and black and white Legs apart and

close again

Concealing buildings

Leaning to the air and midges twirling round a fading light

Shadows cast of familiar faces

Place thoughts of love among the thoughts of flying insects

Sex and meshed faces place thoughts of open door

Quickly smile and get in

Fingers curled and closing

One eye closed

One hand closed on another hand holding hair and neck

I missed you

Quickly smile into neck running hands rubbing back

Back and forwards

Four times holding neck hair

Folding down over cotton

Breathing sighs

Hands to hold, too hard holding

Breath dragging

Cause you must be cold

Step inside

Hands, thighs

I missed you thirty times over

(I missed you thirty times over

Overborne limbs and taking

Time holding back hands together)

Thousand words

Rhythm cracks on cotton hands

Billowing sighs and turns thirsty

Thirty times

Overborne limbs and tear pillows

Learning again to manage taking time

Making marks on squinting eyes

Closing distance

Legs apart from days dragging

Between then soft pressed lips

Parting time again and down meaning feeling

Feelings pressing pressed lips mark closed eyes and down

Thirty times over

Turn around and soft pillow billowing cotton dragging hands

Between legs apart

From the days apart and nights asleep

Tears meaning apart again

Thousand words

Rhythm cracks on cotton hands

Billowing sighs and turns thirsty

Thirty times

Overborne limbs and tear pillows

Learning again to manage taking time

Making marks on squinting eyes

Closing distance

Legs apart from days dragging

Between then soft pressed lips

Parting time

Part from days dragging between them s-

Time making marks on -sing eyes closing distance

Legs ap-

Pressed lips parting time again