A quiet coffee shop
8am
Across from someone
Let them lead the conversation
and listen
Sooner or later
you'll learn what they love
Let them talk
about what they're passionate about
It's beautiful
to see their eyes light up
with ideas and recollection

she's got a broken smile
for a broken heart
she likes to hope
her brokenness
is a work of art
lost in herself
she cannot breathe
around him, around her.
too many people
who aren't falling apart.
a broken smile
with a broken heart
her father says
she's a work of art

Please I beg of you

That no matter how hard it gets

Or how misunderstood your heart becomes,

Do not let this chaotic world turn
You cold.
Please don't allow yourself to become as hard as ice.

Let yourself forgive and forgive and forgive.

Don't fight love,
Let it in.
Keep your fire.

Holding back just slowly makes you like the rest of them.


What kind of world would we live in
If we didn't have people strong enough to show people
That love and only love
Is what keeps the rest of this freezing world, warm?

I am surrounded
by people
who call me 'friend'
yet I feel so lonely
because you're gone
and I don't know
if you'll be back

Oh no my darling
I want to wipe those tears
I want to dry your eyes
I want to kiss away the pain
Hug you tight
until your brokenness is no longer
but I cannot
You are out of reach
This hurts more than you'll ever know

Inhale
Love
I will learn beauty
Love
I will be okay with myself
Love
I will take care of myself
Love
I will smile
Love
Exhale

You and I need our own strength
I need you to be your own light
I need to be my own
so we aren't just enough
to supply some lightbulbs
but an entire city