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swimming lessons

  sitting across from you   at the coffee shop, at the restaurant  on the sofa on the bed a thousand things that could be said  or is there  does there need to be? you’re okay with silence  you float in it happily  whilst i drown, silently i need swimming lessons please teach me we’re here, but not really here, you’re somewhere else entirely  and i’m changing the colour of the sky  ignoring the predicted forecast even if it’s been right before  it’s blue if i say it’s blue you’re looking at me  but you’re not seeing me  if you did you’d see the sunrise  reflecting in my eyes  your face has a golden glow  that i put there every morning  which exists until they close heaven has nothing you couldn’t give me even if you won’t  i pretend i can’t hear the rain on the window  if i think loud enough  your heart will hear me  and you’ll speak  something reassuring  something to make me l...