roses are fine and violets are too
but she is a garden
full of vibrant colors like the scarlet tint of her cheeks
or the amber glow of her eyes

she is the setting sun
a beauty so bright that i cannot gaze directly at her
yet so captivating that i cannot look away
i crave her gentle warmth on my skin

and if i tried to speak to her
the air in my lungs would leave my words in the dust
trapping them in the prison of my throat
and leaving me choking on the things i wish i could say

like how i go out of my way just to see her smile everyday

​
Her words were apologetic
And all I felt was apathy
Those lips drew lines that paralleled mine
She told me that it was her fault
But I could taste the pity
Laced with traces of my failure
And eventually these lines collide
Yet parallels should never cross
Leading us into this paradox
Where you will sleep fine
While I stay awake all night
And no matter how hard I try
I will never feel rested again.

​Somewhere between your warming laughter and quiet breathing
was a silence so deafening,
I could feel your heart beating against my chest
and my heart dancing after it.
With a smile growing on your face
and all of my nerves washing away,
I realize there is no place I would rather be than in your arms.

this girl,
she's standing still,
with hair cascading gently down her face,
gazing at the stars - i'm gazing at her hands, her eyes, her lips, her face...
she faces the other way.
"everything will be okay" is exactly what she would say,
if her words wouldn't shadder the beauty of silence.
still, she's standing,  
still, just waiting,
still, for me,  forever.·

I love the way your lips look when they're lacking the hateful things others say,
And I can still picture your eyes when you told me everything will be okay,
Because when I had gone so far down the wrong road, you brought me home,
And even though I was countless steps in the wrong direction you still showed
Up at my front door, asking if you could come inside,
And for the first time, I let someone in,

And for the first time, I let someone in,

Somehow when I boarded myself up you broke it all down,
But I still didn't believe you when you told me how you feel,
Because it seemed so unreal that someone like you would choose someone like me,
And how could I trust anyone,
When all I knew was keeping my thoughts to myself,
Because everyone had picked me up just to throw me into a never ending abyss that amplified the sound of my off beating heart,
But I took a risk, and you held me,

My body ached from carrying the weight of the world on my back,
But with a crutch of denial I climbed higher and higher on a mountain of false hopes,
And when it got to steep,
I slipped and fell into nothing,
But you reached out your arm, and gave me your hand,
And you caught me,

Thank god you caught me.