*

I see you in strangers
and those people
turn into instant magnets.

They pull me in
with false promises
of echoes of you.
But I dare not forget
they're their own person
who could destroy me
in their own unique way.
I'm scared I might fall
for someone like you
and never trust the feelings
for fear they might be an overzealous search for you
in an efford to forget you.

The thought of someone else's lips
kissing me
feels like a knife
against mine.