Maddison

She's broken, like me
a fragile little marionette
I played with her heartstrings
enough to hear her smile sing
we kissed in an empty schoolyard
elegant apostles leaning awkwardly
no truth in love we dared to tell
our lie was told to spite this hell
and our lie was love. Adolescent one of us
enough to be a secret tryst, our cloak and dagger
toke and drag, her coughing cold
air showed her breathe
and when I held her skin to mine
a whispered "yes" was all it took
for the last shred of innocence to leave