John Siddique
we are gone
beat the sky back with arms
cover faces burning from harm
fire in the sky
fire in our atoms
fires in the earth
moulded down stream and ash
when this world was
licked out of fire
spewed out on fire
before the basis of all the evidence
has been found
i looked for you in this song
i looked for you in the books
in the pictures
it was not really you
you are so beautiful
bridges sigh
bridges raise their roads up
to meet your wheels
your feet
i looked for you in remnants
behind the couch
i looked for you in a lampshade
touched the walls to hear your voice
you are so beautiful
i sleep with your shirt at night
sometimes the arms fill
steam and ash
sometimes the arms fill
trees bend down to you
the road rises
and buses run on time
watch the sky go gold
i looked for you in the skies
watch a tree with mad hair turn to shadow
i look for you in the hair
the shadow
the shape
i kept the bottle you’d drink from
when you went to the laundrette
think of lips
anyone looking at the basis of this evidence
would call us daft
they can tell it to the reflection
that loves you
the streetlights that shine for you
the world that was licked out of fire for you
i sleep in your shirt at night
my arms think they are yours
i can smell you
you smell so beautiful
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