Exits, Desires, Slow Fires Quotes

“I often caught him reading
the ink in my skin.
I had chosen each piece carefully.
The poetry of every romantic I would
never be able to touch.
I wanted to tell him
that they would never
compare to the way
his own made me feel.”
― J.R. Rogue, Exits, Desires, and Slow Fires

“Honest is the last thing we do anymore
& I wonder what our paper faces think
of each other. If they're in love with
each other the real you & me
can never seem to be.
I like the old me better than
the one I give you,
but she is too dirty for you.
Too real.”
― J.R. Rogue, Exits, Desires, and Slow Fires

“If I'm being honest I spend
most early Saturday mornings
writing about the way you're going
to leave me.”
― J.R. Rogue, Exits, Desires, and Slow Fires

“Our real last time has come & gone.
It wasn't bittersweet.
Instead it was laughter.
It was laughter because we
thought we had more time.”
― J.R. Rogue, Exits, Desires, and Slow Fires

“That's the problem with temptation,
it always leads you to me,
& I fiction the truth away.”
― J.R. Rogue, Exits, Desires, and Slow Fires