I'm afraid
To make you
My muse
Because if
You break my heart
I'll have
A book of poems
That I'll
Never want to read

I write about
People I love

But I'm afraid
to write
about you

Just in case
you don't
love me back

even though i
have work to do
and haven't been
able to do it
because the words
were stuck now
i can't do it
because the words
are flowing and
i need to get them
out before i
lose them forever
so once i have
all the words
down i'll
do my work but
until then
I'm stuck writing
poems because
i need to recall
how i felt
right now in
twenty years and
i won't remember
a stupid assignment
but i need to
remember this because
who am i without
my words

when i can't
write i rhyme but
now the words flow
freely thank god
because for a
week now
i've been going
crazy with all
the words stuck
in my head but the
connection to my hands
was broken
so they just got stuck
inside fluttering and
bugging me
and now they flow
like a river so
i don't have to
rhyme instead
i just write freely
finally

the moon is
gone tonight because
she came to let
me know that
you are sleeping soundly
so that i
can sleep peacefully
knowing you are
safe and when
she's delivered the
message she returns
to her place in the
sky so tomorrow
our well-rested bodies
can fall asleep watching
her dance through
the sky

the words die as
you lose your breath
to my kisses
but the words
float up to
the stars who tell
the moon so she can
whisper them to me
"i love you too"
so i trace them
on your skin with
my fingertips
and press your
lips to mine

Cliches are only
Cliches because they
Are actually real
And we’re the sun
And moon baby
Not just our
Skin but our personalities
And emojis
Your heart is
Blue and mine
Is red
When I use
Puppy eyes
You send
Smiles and knives
Which are now my
Favorite emojis
Because they remind
Me of
You