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Caitlin Apr 2016
All I know
Is that
If someone laid out
a platter of personalities
And told me:
“Pick your identity.”
I wouldn’t pick me.
Caitlin Jun 2016
I know what you are, love ...
But I don't think you need help.

You just need someone to be by your side for the rest of your life,
to stay young and innocent for you.

I know what you are, love ...
But I don't think you're a criminal.

You just need a partner to understand you,
and accept that you can't change what you were born as.

I know what you are, love ...
But I don't think you're worthless.

You just need me:
A lover, YOUR lover, for your fantasies.

I know what you are, love ...
And I'll be there for you for eternity.
he doesn't know.
Caitlin May 2016
It's his birthday,
and it's my death day.
Caitlin Apr 2016
a mother's watchful eye.
she tells her children this:

go, fly -
be free.

the young are
first caressed,
then nudged,
and suddenly whisked away
against
their
wills
by
the
wind.

they will struggle,
as if they are drowning,

but with time,
the creatures
of the sky
will learn to
soar -

— The End —