New Lips

"New Lips" is a poem by Matthew S. Breslau. It was first published on February 28th, 2016.

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My thoughts plagued me night and day. I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep. Suddenly you showed up. Smiling, laughing, saying things I haven’t heard In what feels like forever. You took my hand, You looked at me, You said you wanted this, This boy in rags, Disheveled and unkempt, Haunted by memories of dreams shattered. I grew worried, Paranoid: The usual. But you let it all melt away, When you closed your eyes, And let your lips fall against mine– These new lips that I have never before known. “Goodnight, baby.”