“a brief inquiry into the shape of time”

“you can always say no” is the second oldest lie
there is, up there with “you will always be mine”
and if that seems wrong to you, consider the following -
i left you because you were too close a mirror to all 
the things i swore had claws and drank away to sleep at night
and i will always elude you because you vowed to face me and never could
-Allēna 8/1/2025