can i kiss you?
when we were little that made it all better
there’s so much i want to make better
i don’t want you to ache. I don’t want you to hurt. i don’t want you to hide.
can i kiss you?
it’s so scary. to love. to live.
do it anyways. do it with me.
can i kiss you?
It feels as though no one like you and i have kissed before. no one so strange. no one so similar.
can i kiss you?
can you love me? can i love you?
let’s make it all better.
and if it doesn’t
i’ll love you all the same
Rey Duff is a writer, wanderer and lover. They write about identity, transit, and, like everyone, love. He’s currently a student at Carleton University where he spends his time walking along the canal, listening to music too loudly and having late-night ice cream cake parties. He’s been previously published in flo. Literary Magazine, Young Voices Magazine, TOP Zine and their bedroom wall.
