Envy them "I'd say I envy them Those text messages, innocuous smiles Standing on tiptoes casting furtive

looks Heart on your sleeve - or lack thereof I'd say I envy them Stolen glances on the long-suffering bridge Standing strong against the plethora of memories Forgotten; synapses long broken I'd say I envy them Them and their inexorable romance Pedestrian love stories Tenuous bonds so easily corrupted I'd say I envy them Them and their boring lives Them and their easy paths But I'd be lying Why would I envy them Dancing in the rain Embraced by the warmth of your jacket Always serpentine green and ebony black Why would I envy them Absorbed into this heliocentric orbit Since that serendipitous occurrence In that place over the rainbow Why would I envy them When I have your looping writing Glazing across those beautiful words Ink on paper, pixel on screen, breathe on skin Why would I envy them Possessing this reverberating clash of colours This bold statement of fingers entwined Steady against the torrent of vitriol from their eyes I'd say I envy them But it'd be apocryphal For my dear shipmate You have the MRI of my heart