She asks, "Do you have tsunamis where you live?"

- Yes.

"What's it like?"

- You couldn't imagine
- You don't know an ocean that washes up bodies
- The monster under your bed
- The one mommy and daddy can't save you from
- The Red Sea
- Salty lungs
- Last breaths
- A new scar
- An old story
- New beginnings
- It's here
...
- You're right in front of her

now You're attatched
to every
song I
love and
still I
let Them
play

A voice -
sweet blades that cut deep
creates wounds you want to keep

Sure of her words
she does not stutter
she does not stutter
I repeat
she does not stutter

She whispers sweet nothings into your ear

Buildings,
Ships,
Spines

All
fall in her direction

You fall in her direction

It's heart break all over

again

The kind you want, but don't need
The kind you love, but don't want

It's child's-play
The swings ****
And we go back and forth, but we
only go farther

She wants me to jump off
I want me to jump off

I do

And did it hurt

again

But we love going on the swings
because we never learn
because I never learn

I mean it can't hurt like the first time, right?

What if we jump off at the same time?

Simultaneous.
Together.

--

1. Learning how to swim has never been easier

2. It's like riding a bike for the first time without the training wheels

3. You make me feel like trees in the spring

4. You are my favorite book. Not just pretty in pictures, but captivating with your words

5. It's like the feeling you get waking up on Saturday mornings. warmth

6. Your name is my favorite name to write in the sand

7. I fall like crimson leaves before it's time

8. You make me feel like a child all over again