You're my best friend
I can't live without you
So please oh please
Don't force me to

I wanted to be your Poem
I wanted you to compare my eyes to the stars
My hair to the sunshine
My laugh to the ocean

I wanted you to take the things I didn't like about myself
and make them seem beautiful
My nose like a button
My walk like a dance
My voice like a song

I wanted you to to describe my imperfections so beautifully
That I would love myself entirely
even just for a moment
My personality enchanting
My awkwardness adorable
My ramblings enlightening

I wanted you to look at me as a whole person
Not just my individual parts
I wanted to be
A flame illuminating the darkness
The smell of the earth after the rain
The quiet sound of nighttime

But you are just a boy
And I am just a girl

You're not a poet
I'm not a poem

And when I ask how I look
I'll have to live with an
Awkward mumble of
"You look fine"

We are all just hungry children of the sun and moon
Running around on a rock in the middle of infinity
Crying out our souls to the world
Begging to be heard
Begging to be told what to do
We are angry, and joyful and irrational
We are full of nature and fire
We are loud and needy
A small stream of consciousness
Ready to be fed.