Adelaide Miller

i promised you
the heavens and
by god i meant
to give them to you

dying stars
burn brighter
as they spin
toward 
destruction
and my darling
we were 
nothing 
if not dust
drifting
alone in 
a universe
of debris

hand in hand
we faced
the sun’s 
reflection
until the 
heat fused
our flesh
and our 
scars became
one in
the same

every molten
word was
poised in
lightning 
and like a
fool i 
mistook your
electricity
for affection

the cracks
in my heart
are the result
of the 
solar flare
you planted
there and 
now i can 
no longer
feel the warmth
of your gaze
on my skin

but the
blame is
all mine

i let
gravity
take hold
of me 
and pull
our bodies
apart and
now i’m
lost in the
ticking
of the clock
perched on
my barren wall

i hate you
for what you
made me

there in 
the static—
you were my undoing