we are on the ROOFTOP somewhere in the

CITY. winter embraces us in deadly arms

of //// c-c-cold ///// of misty breaths

mixing into the sky like

WHITE ROSES

(not painted with blood)

we sip on the CITY LIGHTS, in winter,

oh, we sip on the c i t y l i g h t s

and the SENSATION of f a r a w a y

between u [10 cm] s

AUBURN'S POV

you're holding a red umbrella over us

as we stand

u n d e r

the snow

falling all around

falling snow • falling sensations

filling my lungs

&

d r o w n i n g

i n f e a r

&

u n e v e n b r e a t h i n g

i'm scared i'm scared i'm scared i'm scared

imscaredimscaredimscaredimscaredimscared

[after all this time i'm still afraid]

we've standing here for hours without any

words, just the unspoken ones. time

p a s s e s

in slow motion

like

g r a y & o l d movies

i glance at you, and suddenly the blurred

night sharpens into CLARITY. CLARITY.

because right then, you catch my eye

&

i'm

f

a b a c k

l

l

i n t o

n

g

SPACE

and

TIME

& something that makes

my vision sway, as if i

were drunk on dizzy

s e n s a t i o n s

of t º· • . . º·

a 🌠 *⁕ 🌍 ☀

r • º· • *⁕✨

l • . . 🌃 º· •

w h i s k e y

t

{ vertigo / vertigo }

( s t a r l i t w h i s k e y

i n

y o u r e y e s )

there's something strange in my chest,

something that i don't UNDERSTAND.

it feels like { gravity / gravity}

and,

it doesn't feel like that of LOVERS

it feels like something that of stars.

something more than ASTRONOMICAL,

and it SCARES me,

scares me more than

falling does.

ROSELIN'S POV

you look at me as if we were lovers again,

with a strange glimmer in your eyes. eyes

that hold light years

& s

n e u t r o n

a

r

s

before you look

a w a y again

oh, auburn. i really don't understand you.

auburn. where did we go? because we are

here

but we're not

we are here but

we are not, here

but we are not.

so where are we?

we continue to walk together, despite how

f a r a w a y

e r

e

we continue to walk together, as lovers,

then strangers,

then something

i n t h e

MIDDLE,

something GRAY

so, auburn. let's be g r a y

toge

ther

let's be GRAY TOGETHER, TOGETHER.

because you are darkness,

and i am light, but broken.

( could anything be

more beautiful?)

we are both looking for home,

somewhere to return to every

time we fade. so, until then,

let's be GRAY TOGETHER.

º· • . . º·

🌠 * ⁕ 🌍 ☀

• º · • * ⁕✨

• . . 🌃 º · •

11:59:55. 11:59:56. 11:59:57. 11:59:58.

( as the fireworks exploded, they both drew

closer to one another. but never close enough )