You sit behind me in class,
And perhaps I am so acutely aware of your presence because
I remember what you said behind
the safety of your keyboard and it made my heart
flutter.
Or perhaps it is because
You sat on the other side of the room until
I told you my secret;
because I was never very good at keeping secrets,
And now I can feel you brush my back
And play with my hair
And your eyes burn the back of my head
But you blush and apologize when I notice.
Perhaps this is all so
complicated
Because you're already in love
But it isn't with me.
And you're a good guy,
You'd never want to hurt her
But I want you for myself
And doing things that might hurt
In the best of ways.
Or perhaps I am overly optimistic,
maybe uncharacteristically so.
But I remember the heat of your hand on my arm
And the way you pulled back a moment and looked me in the eyes
Because that tingle of skin couldn't have only been felt
on my end.
All I know is this is so unlike anything
I've experienced before.
It's 3 years in the making.
And I can wait a little longer
A lot longer
For you.
Mar 28, 2013
Mar 28, 2013 at 1:33 AM UTC
I tried to write a poem about it,
but there seems to be no fluidity of words
or elegance of speech
to describe how wholly and simply I want you.
For it is my body that sings your song
in the early hours;
And it is your love that I crave.
So crash into me and give me something
worth writing about.
Mar 25, 2013
Mar 25, 2013 at 2:57 AM UTC
Whenever you doubt your worth,
Remember:
Stars have died so that you may live.
Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013 at 1:19 AM UTC
The sun kissed the sea
So gently that it blushed
Then it dipped below the horizon
Always in a rush.
And night fell over muted pinks
And became the darkest blues
And I realized night had fallen
Because I had fallen, too.
Mar 8, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 at 3:15 AM UTC
I opened my heart
To the accent of your voice
And the way you wrote
Beautiful words
I opened my mind
To falling for the kind of guy
My parents always worried
I'd find beautiful
I opened my eyes
To seeing beyond the skin
And recognizing your
Beautiful mind
I opened my heart
And you left goosebumps on my skin
But now I'm stuck re reading
Your beautiful words
Dec 9, 2012
Dec 9, 2012 at 9:57 PM UTC
I cannot write with this much pain
I cannot see through this much rain
Because I honestly might go insane
Knowing your lips hold my name
But your arms can't do the same.
Dec 2, 2012
Dec 2, 2012 at 3:57 PM UTC
All I can hear
Is the quiet "tick" of my watch
Telling me
It's 8:23.
I guess time
It goes on unfaltered, undaunted
I could be dying
But the large hand would still
Treck on
To 8:24.
And it's crazy to think
That some people won't live
To see
8:30
Or even
8:25
Because people are dying
Right now
At 8:23.
See, but in the time it took
For me to write this down
It's already
8:26
And some people only ever
Got to see
8:23
Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012 at 11:26 PM UTC
The monsters
They don't sleep
Underneath the bed
Oh no, all those monsters
Are sleeping in your head
Except, they aren't
Really asleep
At all.
They are
Screaming and
Clawing and tearing
At your mind. They bruise
And blunder through your
Thoughts until you
Can't tell if
They are
Yours.
And you
You are so
Unrecognizable.
Even to yourself you
Are someone totally different
I guess you're a monster, too.
Because you fought
Hard and Long.
But you
Lost.
Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012 at 11:20 PM UTC
The sea stood up and whispered
In words I couldn't hear
It leaned across your shoulder
And breathed into your ear
The sea fell back a moment
You nodded because you knew
Then it took you up in its embrace
And now you keep it blue.
Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012 at 4:01 AM UTC
His voice was all she heard
Playing like a broken record
In her head.
The scent of his skin was all
She smelt on the other side
Of the bed.
His laugh was painted on the
Walls of the kitchen and it
Was blood red.
The color of roses and the
Color of dying and the color
Of words unsaid.
He was in the whole home
And she couldn’t escape
His tred.
So she stayed in her room
And tried to remember it
Was she who fled.
Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012 at 3:58 AM UTC