Elise

Elise Jul 2013

And so tonight
of all nights I wish
I could sleep
because I know
that my dreams
would be happy dreams.

But I cannot sleep
because you have left
me with a fluttering
heart and the biggest
smile. You waited for
my reply to you,
and then you fell fast.

Elise Jul 2013

This looks a lot like fate.

Tonight we talked
about the stars and
the heavens and the
future.

My future. You wanted
to know. You asked me
to tell you more.

I told you everything I
want. You don't know it,
but I know that's what you
want too.

The stars aligned, and we
were brought together,
and I think you are
realizing that now.

I think you're thinking,
*'This looks a lot like fate.'

Elise Jul 2013

Please stay.

I don't want you to go,
I want you to stay,
I don't want you to be so far away.

Your flight's taking off,
in just a few days,
and then you will be in San Francisco Bay.

I told you I'd send you
little reminders throughout the day,
just in case your smile fades.

I don't want you to go,
I want you to stay.

Elise Jul 2013

And I don't know why.

I do not know why,
but I have this crazy
urge to just leave her.

I do not know why,
but I have become
scared to talk to her.

I do not know why,
but my thoughts on
the situation have changed.

I have become fearful of
what our future could
look like,
and I don't know why.

Elise Jul 2013

First Aid Kit.

Can someone please help me?
I have this girl here.
She is bleeding right from
the heart.
I can't seem to find a band-aid
big enough to stop the blood
from pouring out of her chest.
She is screaming. Please help me.
I need to make her better.
Someone please, tell me which
bandage to use. Someone please,
get me the first aid kit.
Please help me fix this girl.
Please.

Elise Jul 2013

I want to kiss those lips.

Confused because
I want to kiss you
but I don't want it
to mean anything.

Will you kiss me
back like that? Is
that alright with
you or do you
want it to mean
something? Or
are we not allowed
to kiss at all?

Elise Jul 2013

Phoenix.

I watch
you live and I
see you are getting
brighter and brighter
as your fire grows and burns
hotter and hotter.

The good and the bad.

The unbearable heat
and the brilliant light.

I watch you burn up,
and then I watch your fire
die out. I watch you slowly
turn to ashes.

But then I watch your rise,
gracefully you rise from
those ashes, blazing once more.
Stronger and more beautiful
than ever before.

*You are the Phoenix