"Our relations
with those
around us are
like trees;

We can water them,
or let them dry out.

Just remember
our lungs
needs forests
to breathe."

"Find someone who
will hang messages
detailing your beauty
from the stars,

and form constellations
greater than any
one of your scars."

"Lovers dismantle us;
     they pull
     the threads
     of our soul,
     taking apart
     our existence
     and exploring
     us whole.

Lovers wreck us;
     they know
     how to assemble
     us once more,
     but walk away
     and leave us
     in pieces
     on the floor.

'Love you'
     they swore."

"The trouble is--

hearts don't lie,
but minds do

and I don't know
which one I spoke to."

"We're at scene six
where you and I
act like it never
meant anything,

and scene seven
will see us teaching
our hearts how to
understand fiction."

"Letting go of you
was like setting fire
to all of me."

"The universe
has such things
as crescent moons
so that your smile
won't ever
leave my sight."

"I know what I feel
and I know it's real.
You are one in a million
a girl undeniably surreal."

"It is not our place
to mend someone's
shattered heart

but rather,

run our fingers
down every last
fracture and love
like it never
shattered at all."

I knew I loved you
not by the moments
we spent together,
but by the moments
away from you
that seemed like forever.

Fall for him the way shooting stars
fall for the earth,

and darling,

I promise he'll catch you
knowing all that you're worth.

It's 3am
and I'm awake
without you.

Even nightmares
are more comforting
than this.

You were the kind
of girl that brought
me the moon
every night,
and set the stars
in my chest alight.