I still keep your favorite songs on my playlist
Because hearing them is like feeling a cool breeze on a summer day
I close my eyes and for a moment
I’m back in your Benz flying down the interstate
With the sunroof down and my hands up
Barely paying attention to where we’re going
Just looking over at you
And when the song ends the day is still just as hot
But the cool breeze gives me hope
So I’ll keep singing along
With a smile on my face
And an empty shotgun seat by my side
Aug 22, 2022
Aug 22, 2022 at 6:34 PM UTC
I wonder if you changed your garage code
Not that I’d ever open it again
But I just wonder if it would open for me
Dec 5, 2021
Dec 5, 2021 at 10:58 PM UTC
I used nicotine patches to stop smoking
Because you hated the way I smelled
So why can’t I buy a patch of you
To ease me off your love
Because when I’m used to walking around
With your scent lingering on my clothes
Because I refused to take off the sweatshirt I wore
As you held me all night long
When I’m used to referring to your arms
As my indestructible fortress of protection
And viewing your lips
As an entrance to heaven that I can't wait to open
How do you expect me to be okay
When I suddenly lose all of that
My reason to get out of bed
The one person who promised to stay
All I know now is that after the pain of quitting you
I can say with confidence in my words
And a cigarette between my lips
"I guarantee you I’m never smoking again"
Oct 24, 2021
Oct 24, 2021 at 9:08 PM UTC
If space is what you need
I’ll build you a rocketship
Right in my backyard
And we can fly to the moon
And dance under the stars
If time is what you need
I’ll buy you a grandfather clock
Eat meals at the table next to it
And kiss you every time it rings
If distance is what you need
I’ll buy us matching running shoes
And we can run until your heart feels
Like a firework on the Fourth of July
Because my heart always feels that way
When you’re with me
But if you need space from me
If you want less time with me
If you crave distance between us
Then I’ll ride my rocket to the moon
And wait until my grandfather clock
Says you’re ready to be with me
Then I’ll run back to you
Because if people wait a lifetime for heaven
Then I can wait a part of mine for you
May 16, 2021
May 16, 2021 at 11:02 PM UTC
Bumping into you
Sounds like the best catastrophe
That could happen to me
So my heart and pace quicken
As I run through the grocery store
Hoping you don’t shop on Sundays
Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021 at 8:51 PM UTC
You’re in the operating room
Bleeding out your problems and insecurities
Flatlining with your depression
And I’m waiting right outside
Crying and screaming with frustration
Of just how powerless I am
But I’m not powerless because I’m not a surgeon
I’ve sutured myself up hundreds of times
And even revived myself a few
I’m powerless because you won’t let me in
One deadbolt still standing between us
I drop my medical bag to the floor
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021 at 7:27 PM UTC
It's slowly driving me mad
Listening to the playlists you made
Of other people singing
What you never had the courage to say
Feb 14, 2021
Feb 14, 2021 at 9:53 PM UTC
Small disappointments
Tucked away in the file cabinets in my head
In the library of my memories
Right next to the self help section
With a book titled
Why you should never trust a man
It’s a best seller in the society that lives in my head
I wish I listened to them more
Feb 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021 at 12:08 AM UTC
Eyes that welcome to your sprawling mind
Words that travel gentle as the wind
Soft yet steady, you grew with time
There truly was no wall you could not climb
Still I hoped telling you of my shadow
Wouldn’t be too much to bestow
After trying, but lacking the words to say
I knew there had to be another way
Already claiming your lips with lust
I hoped you were someone I could trust
So I bore my truth into you with my eyes
And prayed you wouldn’t be my demise
Dec 28, 2020
Dec 28, 2020 at 12:03 AM UTC
Follow me
You said
Over the sound of crickets
That would soon be covering
The padding of our footfalls
And drown out
The noises
Of two souls pressed together
By the edge of a hammock
Let the moonlight tuck us in
And the wind rock you in my arms
Don’t worry
Nobody can hear
That’s why we’re out
Where the crickets outnumber people
And only the moon will see
How I light up your face
Dec 28, 2020
Dec 28, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC