I sit in class
And stare out the window
My teacher's voice trails like a willow

So I imagine the tree
Hanging tendrils over a pond
Slow ripples
Glide through deep, dark, and blue

The evening is upon me
The orange is like water
Splashing upon the land
Slowly
Surely
I close my eyes
A smile that was almost a smile
I feel it like the tears that drape my cheeks
Suddenly I'm tired

I hear yelling
I'm snapped out of my world
My perfect world
Where the sun is always setting
My earth ablaze with orange and pink

I'm in a cold, white room
With two dozen staring faces
My face feels warm
It surely looks red
Not from the setting sun this time

I miss you

I miss the way you used to smile whenever you saw me

I miss you

I miss the way you stared into my eyes with so much love

I miss you

I miss the way we kissed with so much passion

I miss you

I miss the eyes that are so blue i could just swim in them

I miss you

I have someone else now, but i can't get over you

I miss you

I just want you out if my head

But

I miss you

today, my English teacher explained that poetry is a way to express
internal feelings
externally

and the sadness I felt in my mind in my heart
could be spilled by accident
sloppily on paper
and still seen as a beautiful work of art

but the happiness you make me feel,
my mind cannot fathom words
to script carefully in ink
what you make me feel

these butterflies can't escape from my stomach and land on paper

the thought of loosing you
cannot rip my skin apart
to claw out of my body
and tear my words to shreds

please
don't turn whatever we have
into something I can write about

i know the moment i fell for you.

it was when the skies were bright
and there was a twinkle in your eyes.
you were shaking your head
at something i said,
you were smiling widely
and your head was slightly bent.

i knew in that moment i was completely and utterly *******
and it was all because of you.