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roll the dice,
take one step forward
looking through a fishbowl as you look into my eyes
iceskating on slippery sleet smiles
violin strings strung on fingertips touching
let’s play a game


roll the dice
take two steps forward
euphoria sizzling high as the rooftop
twirling around above city lights underneath
smoke filled lungs, warmth in each other arms
blue and red chrome lights lace up the hazy atmosphere


roll the dice
climb up a few
intoxicatingly the closest we’ve ever been
my insides hum a lullaby, my gut screams for more
until we’re intertwined from limb to limb, physical interaction ending nowhere
butterfly wings fluttering on skin through each kiss
your crooked teeth reminding me of a zigzag road on a road trip
earth and dusk collides
as we again let the dice roll
for there’s not a win nor a loss
let’s do a rematch


roll the dice
never ending exchanges of profound colloquia
revealing obscure enigmas safely kept within
that makes the jigsaw pieces of our persons unpuzzled
and it turns into a cycle of all the craters we’ve managed to explode into
falling and tumbling down, skipping rocks, your hand in mine,
scattering pinpricks lined on my spine


roll the dice
it goes on, farther
the snowball gets bigger, bigger
the strings are all tangled
i wonder, if i undo all the knots,
would you still be there? would it be the same?
roll the dice
i get my answer almost as quickly
as a car stuck in traffic
a clock without batteries
a land cursed with drought;
all this time we were stuck in this twisted play
and to go on to the next level meant we have to be together
to fight on the invisible force pulling us apart
and im all out of lives,
can’t restart the game
this can’t be dealt with by only one player
unretractable, numerous crashes, unrestartable;
game over


i lose, you win
she’s shining as you hold her, your trophy
guess i got too caught up in all that holographic glamour,
the joke’s on me all along
unrequited’s overrated
now the only thing’s left to do is accept defeat, no truce



game over

-caela m.


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