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you live in half-formed thoughts that hunker in my mind
and half-formed words that run for cover
every time i almost find the will to speak.
one half of me believes that i could never
march across this battleground;
the other half is sure that if i did
not even an entire love could heal
the fraction bar that cleaves me at the core.
i've always been improper, i suppose,
so there’s a third half that i cage distrustfully
and only let out late at night
(when its soft growling sounds
suspiciously like purrs).
you see, i can’t allow myself to stroke this beast
that whispers of your warmth
and how your hands must smell of
cinnamon and soap
because i cannot let myself believe
that you and i could ever add up to a whole…
but right now these top-heavy thoughts
can’t put to sleep the hope
that someday you might sum yourself
to all of me.

Description
you live in half-formed thoughts that hunker in my mind
and half-formed words that run for cover
every time i almost find the will to speak.
one half of me believes that i could never
march across this battleground;
the other half is sure that if i did
not even an entire love could heal
the fraction bar that cleaves me at the core.
i've always been improper, i suppose,
so there’s a third half that i cage distrustfully
and only let out late at night
(when its soft growling sounds
suspiciously like purrs).
you see, i can’t allow myself to stroke this beast
that whispers of your warmth
and how your hands must smell of
cinnamon and soap
because i cannot let myself believe
that you and i could ever add up to a whole…
but right now these top-heavy thoughts
can’t put to sleep the hope
that someday you might sum yourself
to all of me.