Actually
white at the knees

the place where
you used to cut them off

and let them
live a second life

as shorts

family loves you most
family cares for you most
family knows about you most
family feels for you most
family annoys you most

How would one know?
Where would one go?
On a ledge
That keeps on getting thinner
You breathe down my neck
You talk only of death
I shake you off
And then
Go to where
The air gets
Skinnier.

Give me the colors of a rainbow and I'll be your heart's extol  
or a petal from your favorite rose so I can place it in my soul;
Send me the pillow the fairies have gleaned with watermark  
I'll hold it to my chest until I hear the melodious coo of a lark!  

Be a Spiritual Gem inside me, I will polish and make you shine  
like a soaring star I'll glitter so you know,"I'm truly~truly thine."

it’s sad to say
that nowadays
a smile
is more often
used
to hide depression
rather than
express
happiness.