soft foam glides gently
along the pearly shoreline;
gentle, bobbing calm

poisoned youth rest along the grey
heralding you their saviour
their freedom, their salvation
and yet you stride by as the
missiles fall and bombard the land,
their black, green, red, and white haven,
now with tainted blood and sickness

"Don't let people treat you like a cigarette, they only use you when they're bored and step on you when they're done, be like drugs, let them die for you."

am i only meant to be beautiful
did i fracture the illusion by trying
sometimes i feel it, most times i don't
waiting for your judgement feels just like dying

i love you like the sun loves the moon—
too far apart
to share the same sky.

you wanted stillness,
a life with roots.
i wanted movement,
a life with wings.

we tried to meet
in the middle,
but love
couldn’t bridge
the distance.

so i let you go,
not because i stopped loving you,
but because staying
meant losing
ourselves.

some love shines forever,
but ours was the kind
that had to end
to set us free.