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Madeline Killeen Nov 2017
my eyes are sea-salt bombs,
ready to go off,
at any moment

the thought of you,
the switch, that
sets me off.
Madeline Killeen Nov 2017
is it selfish for me to hold on just a little longer?
so that when I lose him,
and I will lose him,
I know I am losing all of him.
So that I know,
we had no other choice.
Madeline Killeen Nov 2017
it's funny how
things happen when
you never expect them to,

falling in love,
falling out of it.
i really wasn't expecting this
Madeline Killeen Sep 2017
my words don't come out right
when it comes to you,
when it comes to you, they get all jumbled
even when I'm typing,
my thumbs trip over themselves.
they don't have the best relationship
with my mind
they always mess things up,

and my heart suffers.
Madeline Killeen Sep 2017
my chest tightens
when we fight,
it's as if
everything
constricts
around my heart,
to protect it.
be careful
my body warns,
don't let him
don't let him
rip me from you,
my heart screams
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