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Alaska Jan 2022
Under the same streetlight where I used to know
You stand hands in pocket, hips pointed out
You know, that's the same way my lover used to stand
A little careless, a little confident
Like you aren't sure if you'll fall but
Either way, it doesn't scare you
Even when your hands are bound
Between the two pieces of fabric
A gum wrapper, some coins
You know my dad said he'd shoot my girl just for standing like that?
You shoot a sly smile and melt into the night
As I melt into the satin and give God a kiss goodnight
Alaska Jan 2020
the hardest goodbye is to the passerby that you don't even know.
the one you fall in love with, sort of
Im sorry that we never got to fall in love.
Alaska Jul 2022
Forgive me for all the times I was too stubborn to say
"I want this" and "I want you" and "I'm really just afraid"
I wish you'd dissect my words the way you'd dissect a poem
Cause I miss you and I think it's about time you come home
So let's forget my nervous laughs and flimsy little shrugs
Come over here, quickly, for our love is far from done
Alaska Dec 2019
it’s a diamond December day
and you’re still on my mind
a continuation to my most popular poem.
Alaska Apr 4
There was something about her
I think it was the gloss of her eyes
Which proved she loved you as much as I did

My untouchable girl
All dressed in white
Asked me for an all-black wedding

No one's waiting for you, my dear
He's ten toes up and we're in love
Let him rest and come to bed

And maybe it was my fault
Loving someone who's heart
Had already been buried.
Alaska Mar 2020
it was the night we got high off of our youth
we soared through the sweet strawberry sunset
we didn’t talk
we didn’t have to
it was just me and you on a wednesday night
forgetting the world
and at last,
being at ease.
i love you more than i care to express.
You
Alaska Sep 2023
You
I sway with your shadow,
taste your sweet air,
cry in the silver light,
and profess I don’t care.

I'm compelled to go back,
For it's cold and damp here
But how can I go?
When I know love is so close, so near.

— The End —