blasted mind

here's to the densest fool
climbing, crawling, stumbling past
over, under, into the forbidden
sweetest fleeting fantasy

ever when you scratched the surface
every chance and invitation
yet the thought remained elusive
never crossed this blasted mind

in the shadows, in the corners
always softly unaware
toes dipped into the forbidden
sweetest fleeting fantasy

every second near the deep
every time you could have dived
yet the truth remained elusive
never crossed this blasted mind

all the signs and all the moments
small and harmless, big and scary
to shily peek into the forbidden
sweetest fleeting fantasy

every glimpse into that world
every hint of this potential
your true self remained elusive
never crossed this blasted mind

(2021)

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