Tears sting my eyes
Salty, like the oceans
Violent seas that I saw
In your blue, blue eyes

You can take my breath away, I'd rather you have it anyway
This heart was yours to take, now only when we're apart does it break
If you stay a bit longer I might be a little stronger
Hold me for love's sake, it's the only cure for this ache
Carry on for one more day; I swear we will be okay

Every sleepless night, each tear I gave,
All would be worth it if we shared a grave

Everyone loves the poems that hurt me the most. It's little wonder that the greatest writers, the ones whose works we lovingly praise, were merely lost, broken fools.

I wonder who keeps you up at night?







Certainly not me.
Not anymore.

When I first met you,
I was so afraid;
You were a beautiful
Dream, realized.
I held your hand,
But I could hear it ticking.
We were a grenade
And darling, I pulled the pin.
As I watched us burn
I knew I should go,
But I couldn't move.
I stood by the wreckage
And knew it was too late,
But I stayed,
My love, I stayed.

I want to be in love with a tattooed boy, so tall,
Or a fierce, strong girl, sugar sweet.
I want someone to hold me at night and whisper sweet somethings,
So much more than nothings.
I want them to write me notes more beautiful than any poem could be.
I want to be cherished by someone I can call "darling",
But most of all, I don't want to be in love with you.
I wish it weren't true, but somehow I've fallen in love
With a stubborn girl who says she loves me,
Who flirts and teases and cuddles and squeezes,
But wants to be "just friends".

The only sound in the darkness
Is the ceaseless whispering
Of my old window unit
It leads me to think of you
How beautiful you looked
Asleep in my arms
It really was silent then
Aside from the mumbled words
That escaped your lips as you slept
I spent that night wondering
What they meant, and savoring
The sound of whispered "I love you"s
Long after you'd fallen asleep