LGBTQ+ Poem: Off You, by Ellie Pagan

So many things to ignore
I can see you but I look away
Your eyes stay on me
My eyes stay off you

So many things to unpack
In the dark of my window light
I see the memories play back
My thoughts stay off you

So many things to forget
Your fingers dip and twirl
In the folds of my brain
My mind stays off you

So many things to long for
Fabric shifts and gathers
Revealing explorable bareness
My hands stay off you

So many things to remember
Illuminated crinkles along our cheeks
Freckles multiplying in the crevices
My love stays off you