My new shampoo smells like the summer you kissed me
I wonder if you missed me
When you left the next day for an eighteen day cruise
You didn't even have to chose
Between her and me that seemingly perfect summer night
You left us behind to fight
Over you but somehow we all just came to grips
But I still remember your lips
It's bad enough getting caught up on a kiss
That I shouldn't miss
Not that I want you like that anymore I promise
I just haven't felt that way since
But the last thing I need is shampoo
that reminds me of you.

High school
is all about losing who you are
and turning out
who you're supposed to be
anyways

Wouldn't you like to spend an afternoon with me
in a cafe-bookstore-library?
We'd snuggle in a far corner and wait for it to rain
you'd tell me I'm pretty, I'd call you insane.
We'd write little letters and leave them in books
for strangers to discover  in crannies and nooks.
We'd find a spider living in a bookcase
and think of all the stars far out in space.
We'd talk about things that mean nothing at all
and watch outside as the raindrops fall.
We'd be all cooped up but really very free
and you'd be so glad you spent the afternoon with me.

Everyone does it
Yes, I’m aware
That doesn’t mean you had to
But you don’t seem to care
I remember when you were
My role model
My protector
My partner in crime
It was always
You and me, against time
But now I know
What it is you do
You’ve lost my trust
And confidence too
So I go alone
Down this path called life
As people I knew
People like you
Turn to ash
And blurry puddles
Before my eyes
I feel so small
I can’t tell you what to do
So we drive
And mind the taboo
But I refuse to do nothing
So I simply say
“Don’t die”
Eyes on the road
You say
“I’ll try”
I think of my friends
They changed long ago
They hand me a cup
“Here, swallow”
But it’s not really you
And it’s not really them
These people I knew
Just skeletons
Piles of bones
That beg me to stay
To join them
And start to decay
That’s not me
So I leave
I won’t join your pack
I run from the bones
And don’t look back
How could your pressures
Get a hold of me
When you yourself let go
Winters, summers
So long ago
You made your choice
And it hurts me to see
But I made a promise
And I’m sticking to me
One day you’ll notice
How much you have lost
Only then will you know
The ultimate cost
Yes you will see
In the end I win
And all because
I didn’t give in

She handed me her essay
In math class today.
She told me it's sad;
I read it anyway.

For a moment I was transported
To the day her mother died.
My friend managed to keep her chin up.
But in math class, I cried.

I can't imagine losing
Someone so close so young.
I cried because she lost her mom
While I have everyone.

She told me she'd had time
To tell her mom what she had to say.
But still the tears came out
Because today is my mom's birthday .

I went home to an aging mother;
She went home to just a dad.
Sorry for the tears on my math homework
The whole thing just made me sad.

They told me
We weren’t meant to be together
That I’m too possessive and
You’d swallow me whole

They told me
That I could never be with you
That I’m too linear
That you’re four times anything I could ever be

And I know
For I’ve seen the way you reach out so wide
In hopes of capturing enough of this world inside
How your wings beckon so many near
So you can cradle them and whisper in their ear

How you’re out of my league
Because I’m just a speck in this world
You manage to hold yourself together
And I often get unfurled

Mark my word
We’re not so different
You and I

Your sleek curves have embraced
The words of Shakespeare a thousand times
All I ask is that somewhere between your lines
There is room for me

I will fit into whatever spaces you let me
Loving you means a family of five
For you, I’d leave my favorite contraction behind
You’re used to start and end relationships
But for you, I’ll take all the time

I want to wake up in the morning
And feel you wrapped around me
To gaze up and have your smile lines
Be all that I see.

I’ll be there for you when you can’t keep everything together
To wipe your tears
And rearrange your letters
I swear I could make it better
If there was you and I