"The most frightening thought
about you leaving me
in the dark
is that nothing grows
without the sun."

"It's little things about you
I remember most,
as if you're the ocean
and these are seashells
I found along the coast."

"I can only describe the way you
lit up the darkness inside me
by telling you about the first time
Earth experienced a sunrise."

"It scares me
how much I don't care
about the consequences
of falling for you,

when I know it's skydiving
without a parachute."

"If love
is a gamble,

I'll spend
all my time

trying to win
you over."

"It's ironic

how someone can mean
the universe to you

yet in order to explain
what that means

you'd have to use more words
than there are stars."

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

"Make the
best
of today.
Otherwise,
it's time
that slipped
away."

"To 'move on' is quite
the misleading phrase,
when movement won't
speed up the days."

"The scariest thoughts
are ones that would completely free us
if they became a reality.
It's the unknown,
and leaving the comfort of what is known,
that makes fearing the leap of faith a normality."

"If there’s anything the
night sky has taught me,
it’s to love yourself no
matter what someone says.
You are the moon. You’ve
always been beautiful
even before anyone
first saw you."

"Jesus Christ
show me a sign.
For your existence
is less apparent
than mine."

"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."

"It might seem the only answer
is spilling your heartbeat
across the floor.

But before you do,
close your eyes and feel
every triumphant beat
your heart makes.

Don't tell me we
weren't born to
taste victory."

"You found your way
into my heart.
And it seems
your only way out,
was by tearing it apart."

"It may be stormy where you are now,
as you sail through rough seas.
And you wish to get back somehow
where there is solid ground and trees.

This is when you look to the coast
at the people who love you most.

They are a beacon, a lighthouse,
guiding you to safety.
And all you must do,
all you must promise them,
is that you will sail on bravely."

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

Even nightmares
are more comforting
than this.

"I always wanted to know
why it's called 'breaking up'.
Then that awful day came, and
3am showed me what breaks up."

"I'm not one to make a habit
out of addictive substances.
But I had to make an exception
the day you gave me your heart."

"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."

"I'm a bad story teller

since all I want to do
is tell you how it ends,

how we grew old together
as lovers and best friends."

"Temporary separation
is a part of the game.
After all, what is life
without a little pain?
And the sooner we realise this--

the better we will get at
sleeping during lonely nights;

the better we will get at
making it through the fist fights;

and the better we will get
at being alright,

because love isn't just about happiness,
or being perfectly comfortable.
It's about feelings alive in
every humanly way possible.

And if we're not ready for that,
then we're not ready to be loved.

And if we didn't feel broken,
then we didn't deserve to be loved."

“True bravery is looking into
the mirror and admitting
the person staring back
isn’t okay. And true
friendship is sitting next to a
broken reflection till the
early hours of the morning.”

"And I'm still finding
memories of you
tucked away
in everything I do."

"I'm sorry for the
outward expression of
feelings
I can no longer contain,
but you mean more
to me
than language could
ever explain."

"You are the fire
amidst a snow storm;

my only necessity
amongst an
endless white."

"It's like being released back
into the wilderness,
to fend for yourself,
when there's no one there
to feel like home."

"At first,
memories of you
were frequent
and many.

But over time
they became
few and far,

and each one
always a reminder
of the scars."

"I became yours when
I no longer felt mine.
And I'm afraid
to speak up,
in case
it won't be fine."

"You uprooted
the tombstones
beneath my skin
and planted life
where death
had once been."

"Thinking of you
happens more
naturally
than breathing."

“You reminded me of the sea
when I held you close to me;
a pretty shell you are
with a soothing melody. ”

"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 valleys of your collarbones
were made for kisses to call their home.

They can be tucked away by gentle pecks
or trickle down from the small of your neck.”

"When I spend time with you,
I pretend our days are counted.
And God forbid the time comes,
but that way I won't ever
have to ask myself to what
we could have amounted."

"Don't be afraid to let rivers gush from your eyes. It's how you save your heart from drowning."

"I'm feeling hopeless
with every chance
I'm forced to dismiss.
It's the curse you
gave me
when I feel
it's you
and no one else
that exists."

"'Creating distance is key
to letting go anytime soon'
said the naive Earth,
to an imprisoned moon."

"You were the most special thing
that never happened to me
and for the imagination
that is far too much to see."

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

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

"It was after my first love,
that promises of forevers
lost all weight.
Now, all I need,
is for you to simply stay."

“It’s impossible
to move on
if the solution
is replacing
what’s gone.”

"It could be a scorching
day of summer,
but in your absence
I'm a heavy winter storm."

"Forgive me for
having tried to restore
your breath,
but it's all I could do
when you traded
love for death."

"It honestly feels like
you passed away,
leaving me
to mourn
and wonder
why you couldn't
have stayed."

"Forgetting you
is just as possible
as forgetting to breathe."

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

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