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68 · Apr 2020
communication.
basil Apr 2020
tell the person in the mirror
how much you appreciate them
because otherwise
they won't know
67 · Oct 2020
cologne
basil Oct 2020
i don't want to smell like the flowers in the lotion you gave me
i want to smell like i could break my own bones
67 · Jun 2020
a heart is like a promise
basil Jun 2020
broken glass
a moon kept behind curtains
of sorrys

let me down fast but gentle
so i might be buried in porcelain tears
i don’t love correctly. someone take it away before another falls victim to my recklessness.

06.11.2020
67 · Nov 2020
poem in the notes app #2
basil Nov 2020
my stomach is full of rotted apple cores
i have a cigarette for dinner and wash it down with four unread messages
tripping over expiration dates on my way to bed
i don't dream of you for the first time in a long time
i dream of ***** dishes
basil Aug 2020
i wish i could write
like i think
64 · Feb 2020
note one:
basil Feb 2020
when your sun rises
mine sets
when you wake up
i fall asleep

but i'll watch my moon
as if it were your sun
so that i can tell you
you deserve the world

even if we're on
opposite sides of it
good morning, land of unbearable rain.
64 · May 2020
miss
basil May 2020
the tears
staining my pillow
were not
for the fact that i was missing

but the fact
that i was not
missed
no one notices when i'm gone.

05.08.2020
61 · Mar 2020
echo
basil Mar 2020
i wish i could
love the
echo

but it always
leaves me
aching
for the
song
i'm sorry i **** at moving on.
61 · Nov 2020
die young
basil Nov 2020
the mirror sits on the edge of the desk
shining with anticipation
for the day
i find my first wrinkle

mirrors, more than most things, know
that youth is fleeting:
skin does not stay tight
eyes become hollowed out like melons

but mirrors, like most, have a fatal flaw:
they hope too far

i pray they don't weep
when i'm buried
before i find my first wrinkle
not in the mood to watch the world fall apart <3

(don't freak out, i'm not contemplating suicide. i just have a feeling)
61 · Feb 2020
valentine
basil Feb 2020
you make me
want to use
the 'L' word

and i don't even cuss
i'm a day late.
60 · Mar 2020
needle and thread
basil Mar 2020
i keep a needle
between my teeth
in place of a cigarette

i use it to embroider
flowers on my
beat up jeans

and maybe one day
i'll learn how
to use it
to stitch up these
holes
in my heart

but if i can't, i'll replace it with a cigarette
because then at least my chest won't be hollow
58 · Oct 2020
childhood
basil Oct 2020
i wish i knew how to manipulate time
the way you manipulated me
basil Aug 2020
i'm not real enough
when the rain
is not pattering against my bones
i need rain.

08.09.2020
57 · Mar 2020
behind the scenes
basil Mar 2020
this stage
is cracked

and the seats
are empty

so i don't know why i put on
this performance
56 · Mar 2020
search
basil Mar 2020
i peer through
this noise
brush the fog
of this sound
away with my
fingertips

looking for you

i still don't see you
the distance
between us
is blocking my
view
56 · Apr 2020
insomnia
basil Apr 2020
i see you
behind my eyes

i taste you
in between my teeth

but i can't feel you
beneath my fingers

because this is just a dream
****.
55 · Jun 2020
debt
basil Jun 2020

too much of what we give
is what we owe
10w
54 · Feb 2020
"emo"
basil Feb 2020
now i know
you wear all that
black
to absorb
all of the
light
and warmth
and color

that no one
ever gave
to you
54 · Aug 2020
find here
basil Aug 2020
tomorrow is just a dream
for the lost
54 · Mar 2020
under the covers
basil Mar 2020
the covers will protect
me from the monsters
but they won't protect me
from the fear
53 · May 2020
cry
basil May 2020
cry
braced against the wall
tears falling into
a mouth heaving hot air
into the cold night
under the porch light
for all the stars
to see

but never for you
to see

you don't deserve
to know
that you put them there
i refuse
to give you that
satisfaction
last night was rough....

05.06.2020
50 · Apr 2020
spring cleaning
basil Apr 2020
throwing away
all my meaningless
words
hey, i'm deleting quite a few poems. sorry, but i'm trying to find my voice again, and it's hard with all of this clutter of who i'm trying to escape. i'm only deleting the poems i wrote with bad intention.

but if they meant something to you (if you even notice they're gone) then i'll move them to 'unlisted' and give you the link. i need them off my profile, but i don't want to take them from you if you connected with them. even if i wrote them for the wrong reasons.

so. you probably won't miss them, but i just wanted to make sure my stupid decisions didn't hurt anyone but me.

i'll probably delete this poem, too

anyway, i hope you guys are doing well. stay hydrated and wear a seatbelt. breathe. and have a good breakfast <3
49 · May 2020
today.
basil May 2020
i felt
okay.

and you cannot take that
from me anymore.

i had a good
day.

and that wasn't dictated
by anything of yours.
it's not very poetic. but it sorta rhymes. and i am trying to appreciate that i'm getting better.

i hope you appreciate yourself, too, once and awhile. you're lovely, and i sincerely wish you a good breakfast <3

05.11.2020
basil Mar 2020
absence
only makes
the heart grow
fonder

not stronger
god, i cannot do this thing where you aren't with me
45 · Feb 2020
waving
basil Feb 2020
i know that
i don't
deserve it

but i'm still
sort of waiting

for you to say goodbye
44 · Feb 2020
loving you
basil Feb 2020
sometimes
it feels like
i am
loving you
for the
both of
us
44 · Feb 2020
idealist
basil Feb 2020
graphite scratchings
on trees sliced thin
simple musings
that never win
43 · Apr 2020
recently
basil Apr 2020
i only drink
the sweat
dripping from
my lips

i only move
if it makes my
muscles burn

i only breathe
if it hurts
04.22.2020
41 · May 2020
hold
basil May 2020
i've got two feet and a death wish,
so what's one more fall?
if you let go, i'll break my bones. but maybe that's okay. i love you.

05.28.2020
41 · Feb 2020
poets
basil Feb 2020
we read
each other's
poetry

and talk to each other
like we haven't
stared into
the other's
soul
38 · Feb 2020
walls
basil Feb 2020
i built walls
of glass around my
heart

and walls
of stone around my
mind

i protected my thoughts
with rock and cement
thinking myself so
wise

but i should have used the
glass

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