a reaction to tears showed sense to a wistful mind
reassurance supersedes laughter
in times when you need to hear
"I am here"
and it's only for you

tomorrow there will be new hours to act as children
amongst music notes and bashful whispers
of what might become

softly, fleetly
tickle, treat me
new warmth here
that loves me sweetly
what was comfort
now is strange
round two's arrived
please don't change

when you turned I didn't ****,
just froze;
maybe you're in there,
who knows?

You say that you love me.
Our ties too strong to sever.
Your future fears say "it can't be"
You're losing me forever.

sometimes I think
that I really need makeup
to hide me from myself
when I look in the mirror
all I see is my bad
personality
brought to life
small eyes, full of lies
full lips, I'm a *****
my mother likes to say that
I don't need makeup, that I have a nice face
but that doesn't explain away
the facts
because girls snicker at me,
boys call me crazy behind my back,
that my father calls me fat
because "he loves me
and
is
trying
to
help"
so maybe the one, two, three layers of slick and color and shine
will bar the anger and wrongness
and lack of reason or rhyme.
maybe one day i'll have the courage to wash all the makeup
away.
maybe one day

We try so hard to understand everyone but ourselves

If I cannot love you as a lover,
Then I suppose,
I'll settle for loving you as a friend