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 Jan 14 Jay
Kalliope
I've never left a person behind
I cling, I grasp, I claw,
Keeping them somewhere in my orbit.
For awhile you were the sun,
My reason to wake up,
Your warmth making me feel alive, at least for awhile.
But the sun is a star, and a star doesn't shine forever.
For a time you were my Earth,
My home, my safety, my comfort
My place to learn and grow and laugh and cry.
I thought I could keep you at this station forever.
But like a bad astronomer I can't decide which planet is where or which direction it flows, and you're lost in my mess doomed to be Pluto.
But Pluto is still a planet to me,
Ever so quietly orbiting my chaos,
Dodging every meteor I send your way,
But not letting me let go, refusing to be lost.
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
Firefly
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
Raft
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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?
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
Morning Haze
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
Untitled
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
Trimming
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
Apparition
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
Hypoxemia
 Dec 2024 Jay
Kalliope
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
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