You taught me that a bird
must leave the nest and fly.

That in time,
I would leave
and soar towards the sky.

It was your love and guidance
that reinforced my wings.

You lifted me before,
I soared
towards life's most precious things.

from the bathroom closet
and the constant smoke in the sky.
to staying up all night
to keep ourselves sleep deprived.
then stumbling into the bathtub
with two bottles of wine.

we never really liked each other
until we were out of our minds.

-kvp

and in thirty years,
if we decide that hating each other is not worth it anymore
and out of control.
i will be here
alone.
in the bed we used to call home.

-kvp

you don't scare me
is a lie
you don't scare me enough
sounds about right

i'm okay
isn't completely true
i'm okay for now
is more realistic
and a little more honest too

I never see that prettiest thing--
A cherry bough gone white with Spring--
But what I think, "How gay 'twould be
To hang me from a flowering tree."