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What should I say?

What was he going to say?

Was that all he illing to givefor another taste of his mouth, and I ain But he wasn’t looking Not once

What rong with ht," I whispered half-heartedly, ht out ofwas back to norain

The kiss was forgotten Our days resumed And for the next couple years, I watched froirls that ca at once Roree

At least I was an idiot on purpose

Carter

Twist ination run away froers of our twisted reality

ravage me internally

And I’ve fallen away, fallen away fro

And I’

I knock back tonight’s countless drink

Torn apart by your need

to drive my sanity to its brink

I’ve fallen into one to care

And I’ve fallen away, fallen away fro

And I’

Want in her eyes The way her breathing hitched when I neared her

Lips parted Her eyes widened

I should never have kissed her

That was the second strike against me

Six

2005