and then
one day,
i just stopped
thinking
about
you
the way
i
do
now

we live on opposite sides of the world //

you like red, i like blue
i don't know how long it'll be before i get to see you
i'm not even sure if we'll get along
if you know the tune to my favourite song
if our personalities are compatible
is this even going to be possible?

But god i hope one day the stars align
and our lives will finally entwine
that the cosmos will shift in place
so that we will get our first embrace.
maybe with the pull of the moon on the tides
we'll eventually get to be with the other, side by side.

My slight chill
Your warmth
My lithe fingers
Your palm
The top of your head
Your shoulders and ears
The curve of my jaw
My painted nails
Tracing lines down your forearms
My painted nails
Dug into your back
Your growled responses
Your imperfect grammar
My classroom dialect
Spoken soft into your shirt
Your stomach and navel
Your hips and thighs and knees
Your privates - and mine
Light came (comes) from us
Onto the bed, now
Bare-legged
Speaking little
My arched back a bowing swan
My palms gripping your tanned skin
Rise and fall
Shivering and savoring
Your heat and your flavor
Through the wringer
Heavy arms slung over my back
After Blind Nights in the Blue Ridges
Oh, I love you so.

Walk into class
Stop and stare
The tables been taken
Forced to sit with the rest
Myself and one other
Forced to do the unthinkable
Socialize

for whatever reason,
i can never be happy.
im always sad,
i always want to end my life.
no one could ever make me feel
the way that you do.
you make me feel like
i can recover from this irony.
you make me feel as if
im not worthless.
you make me feel like im important.
and i cant thank you enough for that.

Feminism is around today because men think saying "all men"
is worse than telling a women to "get back in the kitchen"
Because some men still treat women like objects
Because a woman can't dress how she wants
Without a man seeing it as an invitation
Because women are still told they must have been asking for it
Because women who have *** are *****
But guys who have *** are praised
Because men still think feminism is about superiority
Instead of equal rights
Because men think being a feminist is bad
But they start a trend of meninist
Because we are still writing articles and poems, and short films
about females having the same rights as men