Jay: Favorites

Dec 2024 Jay

Firefly

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Firefly

You're like fireflies in July
The air is thick
The night is dark
Your light mesmerizing me from where I stand
I'll try all night to catch up
Quietly moving through the dark
Waiting to see your glow beside me
But I'm too clumsy
And I am not quiet
And you're always five steps ahead

I'll try again tomorrow night

#longing #love

Dec 2024 Jay

Raft

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Raft

If my mind was a river
You navigated her current expertly
But no one warned you
About the opening to the ocean

Your boat wasn't hurricane ready

#metaphor #love #longing #thoughts

Dec 2024 Jay

Spotify Daylist

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Spotify Daylist

And sometimes
When I place my earbuds in
I don't hit play right away
I hesitate
Because in the silence
If I close my eyes
I swear I hear your laughter

There's comfort in missing you

#love #longing #heartache

Dec 2024 Jay

Temperature Changes

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Temperature Changes

I want you to love me
In only my way
Your words sound so sweet
But just do as I say

I'm begging you to hold me
Keep up the persistence
I crave your comfort
But remain at a distance

Why am I like this?

#mixedsignals #love #longing #reluctance

Dec 2024 Jay

Morning Haze

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Morning Haze

And I'll think of you
In the morning blue
While sipping my tea
Wishing we could be

The first glimpse of the sunrise over the trees is what you felt like to my heart

#limerence #love #longing #heartache

Dec 2024 Jay

Untitled

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Untitled

A green light
On a cold phone
Is the only way
I'll ever feel your presence

I'll never feel your arms wrapped around me

#love #longing #limerence #longdistance

Dec 2024 Jay

Trimming

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Trimming

A rose without thorns
Would not be a rose
But I tried to trim mine
Before you left me to wilt

Watering myself down
Drowned us

#love #longing #limerence #short

Dec 2024 Jay

Apparition

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Apparition

I just want someone to look at me
To see me,
For all that I am
Look AT me-
Not through me
And past where I stand

I just want someone to know me,
To feel me,
To want who I am

And for a second,
Quite briefly,
I think our eyes met
And that scared me so bad
I immediately left

I crave quiet understanding
But the chaos is too loud
Once I was finally seen
The fear took all my sound

#love #longing #limerence #fear #reluctance

Dec 2024 Jay

Hypoxemia

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Hypoxemia

Is it better to have what you want
Or what you need?
This question bothers me every night
Why can't what I need be what I want,
And why can't I want what I need?

Now that I want you
I don't really need you
I need the air that I breathe
But I didn't want it
Until I had you

So maybe I need you after all

And the mind goes round and round and back and forth

#limerence #longing #love #heartache #overthinking #reflection

Dec 2024 Jay

Surface Level

Dec 2024 Jay

Kalliope

Surface Level

Everything's on the surface
Any deeper I start getting nervous
But your voice is so calming,
Your vulnerability enthralling

NO, I can't let you know me
I can't let you see
I can't let you find out
I'm 95% self doubt

My favorite color is green
At times I can be mean
I still watch Disney movies
-why does it feel like you're looking right through me?

And I'll preach I'm an open book
Lay it out, have a look
But the more you flip my pages
And start to see where the rage is-

The book will be snatched
The relationship crashed
You'll wonder why,
You might even cry

It's nothing to mourn
Don't be forlorn
Let's not get disheveled
Baby I'm just surface level

I can't believe you got past chapter two

#limerence #love #heartache #reluctance