All We Thought We Knew
Updated: Jun 1
A poem by P. G.
And so who are you then?
All I see is a skeleton high and alone in a bed.
Don't talk about no don't talk about it no don't talk talk talk
why is that all you do
talk and think and talk and think and think and think and think
and why can't we just lie
here
naked
in silence
in peace
for once
oh Christ
for once please
can we just
lie here
in peace
in silence
naked
as the day
we were born
together
when we met
so long ago
a twilight haze
some sort of summertime love
16, 17 maybe
a parking lot
broken promises
youth and snow
stuck there
in the grey
between purgatory and sadism
we've got a taste for each other's blood
mine is pouring from my jugular
I'm so sorry
can't you see that it
written in that cascading red
on a white confirmation dress
wispy thoughts
fragments of souls
foregone memories
shining
shining
shining in the light
from a softly setting sun
falling
falling
falling
away from sight
with all we thought we know.
- P. G.