i'm growing up into skin
i'll never quite fit in.

isn't it weird
how you can go from being everything
to nothing in the blink of an ignored text message

you can talk for months straight
maybe even years
about everything and nothing

you can know more about each other
than anyone has ever known before

and then one day
one of you decides it's enough
and you stop replying
and you stop trying
and it's just over

no words to break it off
no heartfelt goodbyes

just a bunch of broken promises
and stories that will never find their endings

it's just cut off
and you go on with your lives

i’m scared to death
that there may not
be another one like
this and i forget that
i’m only holding on
to a thin thin thread

maybe all we need,
is someone to understand
how all of our broken pieces
fit together

you told me you had my back
and i thought it was true,
now my shadow is still behind me.
but where on earth are you?

you deserve flowers on your doorstep
and coffee in the morning
you deserve notes left on your dashboard
and ice cream sundaes at 3 am
you deserve honesty every day
and to be kissed every hour
you deserve to be reminded
how beautiful you are

"look, a shooting star"*
                         *"make a wish"

the ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying

i have so any words to say

we thought we created an ocean
of love

but then at the end, we realised
that we just created an ocean of
lies

and in the end
i'd do it all
again

one the inside
we're the same

I
just
want
to know
if i died today
who would cry tonight
who would miss school tomorrow
who would regret their actions next week
would anyone stand tall like a mountain for the next year
while my last words carved out their tears

i n h a l e    .    e x h a l e