Claire Elizabeth

Claire Elizabeth Feb 2014

babe

i'm so incredibly sad, babe
i still wonder what would have happened
if things would have been better
if i would have made myself smile
to make you happy

Claire Elizabeth Feb 2014

Caps Lock

I AM SAD
AND YOU
DON'T CARE
BECAUSE WHY
SHOULD YOU?
I'M NOTHING ANYMORE
AND I WANT TO
MAKE YOU JEALOUS
BUT ALL I'VE ACHIEVED
IS A SENSE OF LOSS
AND SADNESS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK?

Claire Elizabeth Feb 2014

The Flowers Are Sad

Beneath my veins, he feels wrong
Because he doesn't feel like you
My throat is heavy, darling
Oh God
My throat is heavy
I've fallen for entirely the wrong person
The flowers are sad
Because I've fallen for
Entirely the wrong person
I promised myself
I wouldn't regret, darling
And I promised myself I wouldn't
Miss things
But things are messy
To say the least
There's a million more things
I want to say to you, darling
Just know that I hate the things you do
Because I care too much

Claire Elizabeth Feb 2014

I Think I Fell A Little In Love

We fell asleep like you fall in love
Slowly and then all at once
And I think in that moment
I did a little bit of both
I fell in love with the way you breathed
Too loud when you were
Between sleep and waking
I fell in love with the way
Your arms instinctively tightened
Whenever I twitched or moved
I fell in love with the way
Your heart beat thumped my back
In a comfortingly regular pace
I fell in love with the sound of
A movie playing on your TV
While we confused ourselves
With whose lips were whose
I fell in love with
Your hands on the skin
Of my stomach and back
Trying to pull me impossibly close
I fell in love with the way
We made pizza rolls and sugar cookies
And ate them on the floor of your kitchen
I fell in love with the way
You stroked my head when I tired
And I fell in love with the way
You walked me up to my door
And kissed the tip of my nose goodbye
Before brushing my lips
I think I fell a little bit
In Love
With you

Claire Elizabeth Feb 2014

Because It Felt Like Home

I felt safe with you yesterday
Like I was covered in clouds that let me breath
And enveloped in a perpetual hug
You wrapped your arms around my shivering frame
Because I was cold
You put your lips next to my ear
Because you knew it made me snuggle deeper
You rested your cheek on the top of my head
Because it felt like home
Can I miss you?
Can I pine for you?
Can I fill my heart with you?
Can I be yours?

Claire Elizabeth Feb 2014

Wounds

It hurts to touch my skin
Hurts to touch my heart
Please sooth the tattered wound
That has torn wide open
In my chest
Please stitch it closed
Please know that I need somebody

I have moved on. I have let him go. I have found someone new to love. It feels like freedom and tastes like air after suffocation.

Claire Elizabeth Feb 2014

Powdered Sugar

Snowflakes on eyelashes
And smiles on lips
Powdered sugar on noses
Laughs pouring from opened mouths
Upturned faces
Toward a baby blue sky
Forgetting about everything else
About him
About them
About her
And focusing on you
Hot chocolate warms the worries away
Blankets keep the fears at bay
And you
My darling
Keep me feeling alright again