I love him
I tell myself
I know that
We will be together forever
I don’t believe that
We could be separated
My thoughts tell me that
He’s the love of my life
Sometimes my heart lies and says
I could live an eternity
Without him
Like my friends say
“We’re perfect for each other”
And you can’t tell me
He’s not the one.

Now read from bottom to top.

we do not write poetry
we write mirrors
which are held up
to curious faces
who read
looking for their
own reflections

Late night texts
Sleepy eyes
Small smiles
Butterflies

Stolen moments
Held inside
Beating heart
Stupefied

~

Left alone
Tear filled eyes
Chapped lips
Scarred thighs

Empty promises
Cast aside
Broken heart
Terrified

~j.l.

I want to fall apart
to build myself up again

I'm sorry I don't know how to love you properly

I can see the hesitation in your eyes
I'm hiding behind mine

all the words I want to say come to mind
when I talk they spin on my tongue
I'm dumbfounded
it's no fun

I wish I could love you properly
to show you how much you mean to me

forgive me
I'll try my best
hold my hands
feel my heartbeat
I love you believe me

I don't have a face
because I am your reflection

ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ

ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴏʀᴀʀʏ

ʟᴀꜱᴛ ʀᴀɪɴʏ ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀʏ
ᴍᴇꜱꜱʏ ʙᴇᴅ
ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘʏ ᴇʏᴇꜱ
ɪ ꜰᴇʟʟ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇᴍʙʀᴀᴄᴇ

ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ʟᴏɴɢ
ɪ ʟᴇꜰᴛ
ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʏ
ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ɪꜰ ɪ ᴅɪᴅ
ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ

ɪ ᴡɪꜱʜ ɪ ʜᴇʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ

ꜰᴀʀ ᴀᴡᴀʏ

ɪ'ᴍ ᴇʀᴀꜱɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ

sǝıɹoɯǝɯ ɹno ɓuısɐɹǝ ɯ,I

ʎɐʍɐ ɹɐɟ

waiting for the bus
the bus I can't get on
the bus I dream of

I think she's inside
I'm waiting to sit down

I'll say good morning now
I'll say have a good day
I promise

I'll lean my head against the window and listen to music like I used to

that wasn't too long ago
maybe a decade
or a century
when I waited outside in the rain
the hot sun pouring down
mosquitoes eating up my legs

waiting for the bus
I wish I could step on
        one more time
take me home
I know you will