Names
by AsiahMae
She is satin and silk
Words tumbling lazily over a tongue
coated in pineapple ale and the $10 vegan nachos
we decided to split because
we are both too broke for dates
But
never too broken for each other’s embrace
He is tobacco and amber
Lifting me up off of my feet
when my heels are too high to keep walking
And
my head is too lost to be found
I like having them around.
In my sheets.
In my shower.
Cuddled up with after hours
Laid on sand while stars spell our names
in the sky
All the names they have
Him.
Her.
No name.
Say my name again for me
I love the way it sounds
rolling off your tongue
onto the back of my ear.
Say that you’re queer and I’ll tell you I am too
You don’t have to be one or the other with me
You are magic and myth.
Fire and desire.
Mercury and Mars
You are the stars and every constellation
they spell out.
You can be.
We can be.
And I’ll love you.
Always.
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