Hold in your sentiments

My palms itch from holding on

Remember this jump
As the most graceful thing I've ever done.

I don't want to live long enough
To be a disappointment.

My hair tickles your lower lip
As you lean in
Kiss my forehead

I could think of no better place
Then pressed into your chest

I confess
I'll always be a little bit distant

I like to think that the sunlight
Reflects my smile into my eyes

But I've been known to have delusions
And you'll always be the muse to
My chronic daydreams

Trying to create just a moment of silence
Pure enough to hear my thoughts

But I can't stop the wind
Or my heart beat
Not yet

Its a compromise
To listen to the anxious whirring of my breath
The only constant
But I don't count on it at all

Its just like you said
I wish we had taped it
Like frosting over with a photograph

Your know that I've grown fond
Of finding stories in the ceiling
And we'll lay here
until the paint starts peeling

I'm a ghost of a persona.

until the bath water goes cold
watch the day go dark

Letting unanswered questions fall
Onto the stagnant water
Look into my own glazed eyes
In the waving reflection below your neck

I'm cursed to never understand
How you call just one place home

For now lets pretend like I'll never leave
Breathe in the rising steam
Lets never forget this moment

Tracing your face in charcoal
(I can never get the eyes right)

Counting out the melodies
In the whistle of the wind
Rereading wrinkled obituaries
mouth to mouth
lets pass the smoke
And bathe in our amateur poetry.

Feel my spine against your chest
Watch the shadows drift
We don't need a thing.
Try to forget the minutes
I'll listen to you sing

I never learned not to bite my nails
But hell you still smoke cigarettes
And in our bad habits
We found the closest thing to happiness
That I've ever seen.

We always meant to paint your room
But in the end your empty walls
Were somewhat calming

The moments to fond to remember
Deep between us
Held together in a tangle
Of bones and roots
Though I've thought of what needs to be said
Can we do it?
Take a journey without a return?
Leave your comrades
To their artificial loyalty
And I'll leave the emptiness
Of listening
Stretched out
Your arms itch to collapse
To find a silent solitude
Should we join them?
The lost
The wandering
The enlightened
Thirsty for eternity
We dance and merge together
To make an impact on the light
The shadow of an explosion
Lurching forward
Chasing the lucky ones
We run
Vaguely I considered tripping
But you never did hide well
I guess you've been worried
That we wouldn't come looking
Because no one ever did before
Maybe you're afraid to be alone
That we wouldn't find you soon enough
So I keep running,
Along side you
My heart pumping along with the echo of your foot steps
In sync, we thrive
Overflowing

Hello?
Are you there?
Can you feel the wind pushing our bodies together?
Lets cut off all our hair and **** until daylight
Listen to our favorite songs until we don’t even need to sing along
I’ll let you trace my body on your sheets so you don’t suffer from bad dreams
If you’ll teach me how to run away
You’ve always been the best.
Lets carve new patterns in your palm
Like a maze keeping you in the moment
Lets allow the smoke to tear our lungs
Lets sing jazz and dance to silly love songs
Lets get high and dream up a world of our own
Lets kiss until we can’t tell the difference between our lips
Lets pretend that the clocks have stopped.
Lets embrace the imperfections and be honestly in love
Lets hide where no one will find us,
Because you’re the only person that I still trust.
Lets forget the ******* who didn’t believe
Never cry and keep a smile on your face
You can be the melody
I can be the bass
We can write our own reality into the night
We can finish each other’s sentences
And our history will be engraved
Into melted marble.