Oh, no, baby,
You're burning up
And speaking in lyrics again.
Darling, just kiss me,
I can make everything alright;
For a little while at least.
I miss you, baby,
Tell me what you need
And I won't hesitate.
Would you risk it all for me?
Any day, baby, any day.

I just want to curl up and cry curl up and die
Everything hurts and I want it all to end
Not fair not fair not fair
What’s wrong
Don’t know don’t ask
Like you care
Don’t pretend
Don’t text don’t call don’t talk
Breathe in and out
Breathe too fast
Can’t breathe
Can’t stop
Tears fall
Don’t know don’t ask
Help me help me help me
But no help comes.

We go together like
Digestives dipped in tea.
Your girlfriend and a hike.
A sting and a bee.

I love you like
Dogs love chasing postmen.
Halfords love a bike.
Teachers love red pen.

I need you like
Meerkats need you to go to a different website.
Aunt Josephine needed Ike.
Ghosts need to fright.

In summary, then,
We go together like
I love you like
I need you like

Really poor metaphors.
A reference to popular culture.
An ironic rhyme scheme and rhythm that vanishes towards the end.
Don’t you love a flirt, darling?

Is it so wrong
To wonder why you?
To wonder why you had to
Appear in my life
At that moment
In that place
At that stage in my life.

When everything was going wrong
And I was somewhere I didn’t want to be
With people I didn’t know
And you decided to be there for me.

Is it so wrong
To wish it hadn’t been you?
To wish someone else
Had turned up
And whisked me away
And made me feel special
In a way that you never have.

To compliment me properly,
Saying how beautiful I look in that dress
Not an awkward comment on my hair,
Not a ‘there’s nothing wrong with you.’

Is it so wrong
To dream
That we
Never
Ever
Even
Met?

You never gave me a choice
When it came to who I fell for.
Of course it would be you,
You sad piece of beauty.
You, who I could spend time with
Always, for the rest of my life.
I've got a picture of you in my mind
And I hope it never fades;
One of you in all your imperfection,
Because, darling, I do see your flaws too.
I’m not blinded by you.
You’re not dazzling in any way, but
I hope I never lose that feeling I get
When you text me first.
And the thing is,
I’ve always thought that all love does
Is end

But with you
It’s never going to start.
You’re already in love with someone else,
So we can’t even fall apart.
I can’t even hurt properly.
I can’t even hate you,
I can’t even come away with a
Cute story
To tell my daughter.

I think I love you the most
When you are drunk
And a little sad
And hurting.

I think I love you the most
When you giggle more
And tease me slightly
To show but hide that you're not okay.

I think I love you the most
When you're wearing that adorable
Big grin
That just makes me want to kiss you.

I think I love you the most
When you don't,
Not even sarcastically,
Order me to leave.

I think I love you the most
When you don't bully me
Or glare at me
Or tell me to shut up.

I think I love you the most
When you're just sweet you
And you tell me things
And stories about everything.

I think I love you the most
When you're angry at yourself
Because you mean the things you say.
Wonderful.

I think I love you the most
When you're slightly drunk
And instead of letting me leave
You pull me down next to you.

I think I love you the most
When you don't wrap your arm around me
Because that would be cheating
But you let me stay close.

I think I loved you the most,
More than I ever will again,
Last week.

An artist
In Japan, I think, or somewhere,
Built a swimming pool
That looks like a pool
But isn’t
And people go inside it and can look up
And see the people looking at them.
I saw it on Facebook,
“Like if it’s cool.”
Heart heart x x.

It doesn’t beat actually being underwater,
The surreality when you open your eyes
And the chlorine or the salt stings
And you see swimming trunks
Or fish
And things better not mentioning
And you look up and see the ceiling
But beyond that is the sky
And beyond that is space
And beyond that is stars
And beyond that is galaxies
And beyond that is…
Everything.

And you feel so deep underwater,
But you’ve barely scratched the surface.