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quinn collins May 2013
i'd like to sit on your bookshelf
and have you
run your fingers down the length of my spine
extract me from among the others
open me up
delve deep and explore
and when people ask
and you tell them your favorite book
you'd say my name
quinn collins May 2013
someday
the right boy will come along
the one who will
make your toes curl
the one who will
kiss all your bruises
and the tips of your fingers

he will pinpoint your beauty
and extract it from you
make it brighter
like the light switch on the wall

he will lift your lips
to his
look into your eyes
and say that he understands
that you're no longer alone

patience is a virtue
my dear
quinn collins May 2013
you, with your laid back way and hair all mussed,
i beg your pardon for being so bold,
but i can't seem to grasp just how unjust
it is that i don't have your hand to hold.
you, with your dark eyes and genuine laugh,
i beg your pardon for being so shy,
but please understand i've always come last,
hard to trust it'd be unlike other times.
no one has ever made me feel like this,
yet i've made you feel nothing at all;
i've planted a seed i cannot harvest,
and every day further i seem to fall.
i am but a speck in your universe.
this can't be true love; it must be a curse.
quinn collins May 2013
you are the water spot
after the car has been sitting out
for too long
once the rain has ceased
and no matter how hard i try
you won't go away
you just keep fading
and then coming back

you are the telemarketer
the one who keeps calling
even when i hang up
every time

it's this love
the kind that makes my chest ache
and travels all the way
                                         d
                                            o
                                               w
                                                   n
                                                       to my fingers

so i'll continue
leaving my car out in the rain
picking up the phone
because i never want you to leave

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