Elise

Elise Jul 2013

You made me fall in love with you,
first with your words,
then with your humor,
next with your smile,
then with your innocence.

You made me fall in love with you,
I fell fast and I fell hard.
It was as if someone came along
and dropped
a watermelon from the top of
the Empire State Building
as all the passerby's stood
in awe, watching it explode
as it hit the ground;
my heart being the watermelon.

You made me fall in love with you,
and I go mad every time
you say those three simple
words that mean the world to
those who receive them.

You made me fall in love with you,
and even if your 'I love you's' don't
mean what I want them to mean,
I will never leave you,
I'll stay by your side.

Elise Jul 2013

Let's grow young together.

Let's build a fort out
of pillows and blankets
and holey sheets and stuffed
animals and couch cushions.

Let's go climb some trees
and jump in a strangers
pond with all of our clothes
still on.

Let's go catch the fireflies
in the middle of an open
field on the hottest
night in July.

Let's dance around campfires
and drink until we fall over
into the grass.

Let's fall asleep in the dewy
green as we look up at the
stars trying to figure out our future.

Let's stay this way forever,
let's never grow old,
let's grow young together.

Elise Jul 2013

Blood Ink.

I want to write what
I feel for you all over your
body in black ink;
write my poetry on your
soft skin.

Maybe then, when
you lie in the sun,
the words will melt into
you, become a part of you,
help you understand
how beautiful you truly
are to me.

Elise Jul 2013

You keep me alive.

There is a deep sadness building
up inside this chest.

The cavity protecting this weak
heart is caving in.

This skull is cracking from the
bitter thoughts that run endlessly
through this brain.

These fingers are growing cold
from the lack of warmth they
find when they reach out to
find nothing waiting.

This stomach churns at the
thought of you never being
here.

These legs grow restless when
they only long to run to you.

These lips quiver when they
have no chance of speaking
with you.

These lungs can't breathe
without your breath
entering my mouth.

How will this body survive,
if it does not have you near?

Elise Jul 2013

Cry about it.

Yeah, it's hard,
and you don't think
it is, or you don't
understand
or something.
I don't know what
it is, but it is still hard,
and I still hate it,
and yeah, I want to
cry about it.

Elise Jul 2013

How much longer do I have to wait?

She says she needs me,
she says that she wants me to stay,
she says I keep her sane.

I keep you sane?
Funny because everything
you do is driving me insane.

How can I listen to your kind
words without wanting to stop
you mid sentence with the most
tender kiss you will ever receive?

How can I watch your fingers
twirl though your hair without
wanting to take that hand and
place it warmly in mine?

How can I look into your
eyes that are full of passion
without every inch of my body
covering itself in chills?

Yes, I need you too.
Yes, I want you to stay,
but you are driving me insane.

Elise Jul 2013

Safe promises.

I am ready to make
the same promises I made
before. I don't make empty
promises. Those promises
I made to her I want to make
to you. But I must be more careful
this time. I was so careless with my
heart last time, that I let her take
it and rip it apart. You have my
heart, but for now, I will keep
these promises safe with me.
You can have them when you
finally see.