Save Me

Catch me before the crash,
Before the tumblingspinningsinkingdown
Into love
When he comes round.

Slow the heartbeat,
Cool the skin,
Moisten the throat
That clenches in

When the door knocks
And he’s behind it.
Take the thoughts and
Quick rewind them.

Temper the breathing
Chest rising
and
falling
too quickly,
too easily,
too obviously,
when he says
“I was at McCabe’s tonight
and thought I’d drop by.”

Save me from the eyes
The eyes the eyes the eyes
The tumblingspinningsinkingdown
quicksand of eyes

Save me from the eyes
That get me bait me want me.
Save me from the sighs
Save me from the empty bed
And
inevitable
goodbye.

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