Your smile brings back memories.
Times were simpler back then,
No ties to keep us down,
No age to make us wise.

I loved the way you forgot to care.
My heart wasn't yours to take,
You took it so gently,
Kept it in a cage.

Now here we are only years later.
My heart never left your cage,
I have ties keeping me down,
My age made me wise.

But here you are still so blissfully free.
My ties burning me so painfully,
I want to just run my fingers
Through your hair.

I am an artist,
A poet,
A cook.

I am a sister,
A daughter,
A significant other.

I am a fighter,
A *****,
An arguer.

I am a lover,
A thinker,
A believer.

I am a realist,
A pessimist,
A downer.

I am a leader,
A listener,
A follower.

I am so many things,
A mixture,
A freak.

I am me.
I am unique.

I know it's wrong.
But daydreaming about you....

It just feels
Right.

You are beautiful.
Your body,
Your face,
Your soul.

You are worth something,
Worth a smile,
Worth a wave,
Worth the world.

You are a wonder,
Your gaze,
Your art,
Your silence.

You are amazing,
Your talent,
Your presence,
Your existence.

Don't forget.
You are beautiful.
You are worth everything.
You are a wonder.
You.
Are.
Amazing.

I feel so confused.
The life I grounded myself in,
The life I dreamed of,
Crumbles beneath me.

I play this over and over in my mind,
Your songs, your calls, the love.
You left me behind.
We exchanged such beautiful words,
Meaningless strings of whispers,
It's so absurd.
You were my light, my friend, my muse,
And you left me so empty
Left me so used.
Even so, I fondly remember your song,
All the nights you felt so right,
I was so wrong.