i'm sprinkling tiny diamonds over your head, like a halo of stardust that surrounds you, an aura of precious glowing. i will never stop putting you on a pedestal. i will never learn how to say no, and it might be my undoing.



"take it all down," she whispered as we stripped the walls bare. undressed, they were tinged with mold and yellowed past cleanliness. i was horrified to realize what had been growing between us.

i spoke roughly, "i still remember how it feels." i think she blushed, there in the hazy and too-bright white light of the antique chandelier. we brushed cheeks as i leaned past to flick off the light switch.

we spoke abruptly of sweet endings.