Dying Love’s Wish

I fear that you are no longer him,

and that I will never get to tell you

how I admired you from afar

because I knew that you and I,

were always too out of reach.

Your smile hasn’t changed,

I know because I’ve memorized its lines.

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Your touch is gentle as ever,

because you pretend that I haven’t noticed.

But the boy I met last summer? No.

We’d known each other far too long.

You’re an impostor, ‘Hilton’.

Even so. Please..

Just keep me by your side a little longer

even if you are just a cheap imitation,

I don’t mind if we swallow each other whole with our sweet fantasies.

Because I cannot bear to come to terms with my own delusion.