Odysseys aren't always what they seem... Traveling from a hazy state to wide awake, reality was bursting at the seams.
I dreamed you didn't want me but I woke up in your arms and you told me that you loved me and it was just a false alarm. But I still felt unsettled and low and I wanted you to know that it made me think about the nightmare of a reality you once had to endure when you asked me if I loved you and I said I wasn't sure. And numerous times you must've woken alone in sweat that was only your own with Roses and incense and Christmas lights yet you had no reassurance or kisses to make you forget and I think that's the one thing I'll always regret: only being there in your dreams and not wanting you when you weren't asleep. I find it hard to believe the life you perceived without me was one of ease. I hope that when I crawl into your sheets and we bump knees you feel relieved because when I'm finally with you after a long day away, I feel like I can finally breathe.
How did you manage not to drown all those nights you spent out at sea? How did you navigate through the storms so perfectly? Surely the stars were there guiding you to me, or perhaps a lighthouse or a cloud or the white caps on the beach? Maybe it was just hope, or a dream that helped you float on all along. Regardless, I hope you don't come to the conclusion that your decision to land on the Island of the Lotus is wrong, but you've never been the kind to turn down a bowl so I shouldn't be worried you'd want to return home unless Odysseus comes to save your soul.
I won't live to sing another sad shipwrecked sleeping song. And I won't plant the seed, but just know that sometimes, trees grow weeds and flowers don't bloom beneath the weight of snow.
too many thoughts jumbled into one poem too many thoughts jumbled into one brain too many metaphors I'll never be able to explain too many lyrics from the smiths floatin around up there