i want to say i  love  you so bad
i   feel   the   words         catch         in        my         throat
every            time           you     say goodbye     .
feel my fingers start to reach out to pull you back again
but if I did I would    m    e     l     t

it would be easier
if       you     just       said       it               first

i like to dance
by myself
but mostly
when i know
someone else is
watching

Tanned feet on the pavement
with ocean-blue toenails to match your ocean-wide heart
Laughing at the setting sun, weaving promises under broken tables
Well-worn love letters in the wind, grass stained knees to care
and our sun-battered bikes we threw down on our race to catch lightning
breathing each other in like smoke under flickering streetlamps
The velvet of your valentines suit
matches the velvet of the rose I wouldn't wear
rain streamed down your face in pills
while I took your hand and gently pressed into your care
a heart, unbroken, untested, beating, and bare