Laurie says that in high school
people used to call her ocean
everything she did came in waves
she tells me that she never crashes in the right places
I want to tell her to crash on me
that my heart will be
nothing short of the perfect shore
I know that my beaches are covered in rocks
that have not yet softened to sand
so instead I warn her
I am too afraid to swim
Jan 26, 2015
Jan 26, 2015 at 9:15 PM UTC
Laurie says that in high school
people used to call her ocean
everything she did came in waves
she tells me that she never crashes in the right places
I want to tell her to crash on me
that my heart will be
nothing short of the perfect shore
I know that my beaches are covered in rocks
that have not yet softened to sand
so instead I warn her
I am too afraid to swim
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