she was the moon
radiating the night sky
and dancing among the stars

you were the darkness
the shadow that waxed and waned
through the phases of her life

she grew to believe
that your presence
is what made her whole

but like the full moon
she shone brightest
without you


x.

you are like a star
you're everywhere.
i can't stop seeing
you

you are like a star
you belong with everyone else
but you're
nothing like them.

you are like a star
you shine the brightest
and i don't see anyone else.
in my eyes anymore

in ways, you are like a star
you were always high above me
and knowing i could never reach,
i tried anyways.

maybe i am like a star
i am unneeded
the only outcome for people like me
is to burn out.

i am like a star.
tiny, insignificant and dim
there will always be someone
better.

i am like a star
i mean nothing to you
my only wish was to love you
like everyone else.

in ways, i am like a star
temporary.
and greed overcame me
as i tried to be good enough.

you were never like a star.
you were never like the rest.
in every way
you were the galaxy.

i am like a star
and when i'm gone
you will be okay
and you will still be here.

You are the poem
I will never stop trying
to write.

You hurt me and made your intentions clear.
And I hate that I don't hate you.
More so, I hate that I still have feelings for you.
I hate that I cling to the few words you say to me,
And I hate how much I miss you
When you don't think twice about me.
When I ask myself: "Why do I pick people that treat me like nothing?"
My dear friend Charlie reminds me:
We accept the love we think we deserve
I finally understand what he means.

I gave you
all the love
I could give.
And you took
all the love
when you left.
Even that love,
that love I
reserved for myself.

-*qyf