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May 2017 · 1.3k
Before You
Before I met you
I never thought I'd find someone who responds to small questions with large answers
Because you know the little details are important and you want to be honest and not leave anything out

Before I met you
I didn't think someone could listen as well as they talked
You love to listen but I love the sound of your voice
You don't like asking questions and I never can decide on a answer
But you're still the only person I never want to stop talking to
Because you're the only person I know who likes conversations just the way I do

Before I met you
I let men cut corners on things I loved because I thought I loved them
But then you came along
And showed me that all the things I thought I didn't need
Were the things always missing
Maybe I told you too much how much I loved you

I know I spent a lot of time coming of with ways to show you how truly extraordinary I thought you were

I left notes in the pockets of sweatshirts you let me borrow and made sure they always smelled like me when you got them back

I wrote you love letters every time I got angry at you just to remind myself how much I loved you and so you could know that despite my anger you would always win, I'd always chose you

I would hold you as tightly and tenderly as I could when your heart was hurting so that if even just for a moment, your tired bones could rest

I built forts and planned surprises and always said I loved you no matter how much you hurt me

Maybe I was too much
Maybe you got overwhelmed being loved that deeply

But the idea of maybe losing you
And not knowing if you knew how much I loved you
Well the idea of that maybe drove me crazy
May 2017 · 378
Pain Make Dreams Grow
You can tell where's she's been
For on the pathway that she walks
There is a trail of flowers that follow
Watered by her tears
Pointing toward her dreams
May 2017 · 322
I Loved You So
Maybe if you'd known
Maybe if you'd realized
The hardest thing for me to ever do was walk away from you
I could not bear the feeling of giving up on someone I loved
Let alone someone I loved as deeply as you
Maybe if you understood the torture that has ensued on my soul over leaving you
You would've never asked me to go

Maybe if I could grasp
Maybe if I could conceptualize
That the only one hurting in this ending is me
Walking away would be the biggest relief
Apr 2017 · 269
I'll Always Sit With You
You taught me the power of just being there for someone
No words could ever fix anything
And you were never able to admit you needed fixing
But I never minded just being in silence with you
Because that was all you ever needed
To know someone would still love you even when you ran out of ways to say you were okay
Apr 2017 · 256
Empty Space
They ask me why I drink so much
I tell them,

*"With this many cracks in a heart, there are a lot of spaces that need filling"
"I was a hopeless romantic."
She shrugged indifferently.
"But life changes things and swallows up parts of us with it. And I guess that part of me just got lost with the tide."
I don't know how to stay for more than a night
I don't know how to not runaway when someone's grip feels too tight
And I don't know how to lose my logic and love you with my heart

Because I do know goodbyes
I know no amount of new hellos can put a broken heart back together
I know the impossibility of moving on from love lost

But your voice sounds like forever
And your eyes feel like coming home
Your touch tastes better than any good thing I've never known



All I know is
I don't know a lot about love
But I know my fears grow silent when you take my hand
My head is spinning in circles
But a sip of liquor hasn't touched my lips
I can't feel my body
Even though I've never been so sober
All I can hear is the sound of my laughter
And I haven't had a drink in days

Because when I look back at you
Your big blue eyes
Your half grin
Looking back at me
I realize this is what people mean
When they say you get drunk on your lover

You're not mine yet
But I don't think my liver
Could endure the love of you

I don't know if this heart of mine
Could endure the hangover
When you leave
Apr 2017 · 316
A Thank You to Other Poets
The only thing that's left of us
Are the poems I read
That I feel explain the things about us I never could

Where I used to hear your words
I can only hear you
Through the broken hearts of others
Apr 2017 · 354
I Should Be Over it by Now
I am hoping for a day
That my thoughts don't find you worth the words
Apr 2017 · 302
You
You
Maybe this is just another heart-broken love poem
Trying to make sense of things that don't make sense
Apr 2017 · 1.2k
You Have My Heart
I think the most magical thing about poetry
Is that no matter how many times you read a poem
Overlook it
Don't understand it
Maybe not even like it

One day
Something happens
Your heart breaks in a certain way
And it clicks
A poem that once seemed foreign
Puts your heartache into better words than you can yourself
Apr 2017 · 417
Rainy Day
There was a song
You always seemed to loved a little more than the others
You always turned it up a little louder than your favorites
Maybe the lyrics should've let me know
Where our future was going
But I just sang along while you smiled at me

I'm driving alone now
And it's the first time I heard that song since you left me
I'll sing along
Old lyrics that I knew almost as well as I knew you


I saw that you're dating
The beautiful girl who made eyes at you
And I don't know how much it rains in Texas
But it seems no matter how much beer I drink
This heartbreak just keeps ruining me
It's a beautiful world with a beautiful girl
Kinda making eyes at me

Cause the sun's too bright, the sky's too blue
Beer's too cold to be thinking bout you
Gonna take this heartbreak and tuck it away
Save it for a rainy day

Yeah, the music's too good, my friends are all out
And they're all too high to be bringing 'em down
If they ask about you, I've got nothing to say
I'll save it for a rainy day

There'll be plenty of time for what if's and why's
And how'd I let you get away
But the lying in bed all stuck in my head
Is just gonna have to wait
Apr 2017 · 722
Philosophy of Love
My heart and I have never been in sync

See, my brain has always known me best
It fulfills my desperate need for rational, logical, valid understandings
Any uncomfortable confusion gets swept away through reason

And because of this
I have been able to erase you from my mind
There are no traces left of you in my life
It seems to me
That I seem to be
Happy.
(But the metaphysical definition of "happy" is widely disputed so I'm not sure we even know what it means to be "happy")

But the real problem I keep running into is,
I cannot philosophize you away
My heart has this desperate need to hold onto
What I know makes no sense
You are the essence of all the things I am not good at
And I am the sum of a life you would rather forget




I once read that no true philosopher
Ever lives happily ever after
Instantly I thought of you
And agreed that the saying was true.
When I first started writing
I started writing poetry for men

Now I do it for myself
And those poor ******* are just collateral damage
Apr 2017 · 290
The Myth of Us
I've done such a good job
Removing you from my life

You asked me to let you go
So I threw out all the pieces you left behind
You told me we were past fixing
So I found myself in things that weren't broken

It's as if you and I are a myth
No one can remember quite what happened
They wonder if we were ever real
The only thing keeping us alive are the rumors people whisper when I pass by

You see
I did such a good job removing you from my life
That the only thing you could do
Was consume my dreams
Because we may be a myth in the real world
But there's nothing to question about you and me
When I'm fast asleep
Apr 2017 · 548
He Wasn't Ready Yet
She made him a better man
But they fell in love too young
For him to be more than just a boy
.
They could've been "meant-to-be's"
But he wasn't ready to have already found the one
Sometimes we have to go through the brutal process of letting go
And saying goodbye

Even if the other goodbye
Was said long before you were able to form the words
Mar 2017 · 251
They're Just Not You
Crowded faces
Blurry names

All I can remember is
I couldn't forget your face
I let you know me better than anyone else.
No one has ever gotten that close.
You were first to conquer all these secrets.

...

I wonder if when you see these pictures
You know,
It's just my way of missing you
And having no other way of telling you.
Mar 2017 · 1.1k
Forgotten
I've forgotten
How many times you forgot
You said you were bringing flowers
Only to walk through my door empty handed
But good intentions and your convincing kiss made me forget
How all I ever wanted was for you to bring me flowers
.
.
.
.
.
(I've grown a garden in your absence. They give me hope that someday someone will love me enough to not forget)
Mar 2017 · 999
I Did Everything I Could
People will tell you not to fight for love
They will say things like "set it free and if it's yours it will come back to you"
Or "if you have to fight for love then it's already over"
And "you deserve better than having to fight for someone who doesn't appreciate you"

But these things are not right
Love knows no boundaries
Sometimes people need to be fought for
Life is distracting and has a tendency of keeping us from listening to our hearts

So fight
Pour your entire soul into reminding them of the love that has been shared between your intertwined souls
And if then
They still don't remember of the magic of your smile
You can let go
And you will not be burdened with any regret
Because you fought
You gave it your all

*And if they are willing to walk away from someone who loves them enough to fight for them
Then they were never ready for your love
And there's nothing wrong with you
The tragedy rests solely on them
Mar 2017 · 443
Sweet Moon
Oh sweet moon
Wrap me in your arms of light
Oh hold me tenderly
I'm full of longing and loneliness tonight
My family's worried about me
They said I'm sleeping all the time
They ask me if I'm depressed

But I don't know how to tell them
You only visit me in my dreams
And I can only taste your lips
When I'm fast asleep
Mar 2017 · 1.6k
We Lost Each Other
Our hearts were made for each other

Unfortunately our minds had a tendency to get distracted
And our bodies surrendered easily to the loneliness
Mar 2017 · 318
You Are and You Used to Be
Am I the only one that finds tragedy
In the difference between
"Where are you?"
And
"Where were you?"
Maybe I'm just getting ahead of myself
Or maybe you're just what I've been looking for
Feb 2017 · 1.1k
I Could Never Hate You
I wish that I could hate you
But unfortunately
I love you too much to do that
And yes,
You failed in a lot of ways
But you were also wonderful to me in a lot of ways

You loved me too good to ever hate you
We found each other again in my dreams
I guess my heart's still missing you
I still know every detail of your kind face
I know every tone of your soothing voice
I guess my heart just can't give up the hope that we're still meant to be

Time will only tell
If fate will bring you back to me
Feelings like these
Don't come easily for me
It's very rare that I ever have them
And every time they come around
I get hurt

So this time
I will just sit with it
Let myself admire and adore from afar

I will love you until I no longer can
Oh sweet unrequited love
Feb 2017 · 473
Leave Your Lover
The thing is
No matter how desperately I want to be the one to change your mind

It doesn't change the fact
That you know you could have me
And you do nothing at all
Feb 2017 · 389
It's Complicated
I miss you, a lot.
All of the time actually.

Your goofy smile.
The way your cheeks turned red when I caught you singing.
Hearing you call me intelligent before anything else.
How your big, strong body didn't scare me,
I only ever felt safe around you.

I never realized how much I liked you until you left.  
It hits me every time I want to tell I miss you but I don't know if your girlfriend would see.
It's very rare I find myself liking someone,
So I don't have a lot of practice turning off these kind of feelings you left me with.

It's been awhile since we talked and I wonder if this friendship meant anything to you
I know things between us got complicated
And it's probably for the better that we keep our distance

But if you're ever wondering
I miss you, a lot.
And I won't call you,
But if you ever miss me,
I won't hesitate to pick up.
Feb 2017 · 287
Shipwrecked Heart
Hold me a little tighter
Love me a little longer
Maybe then this sinking feeling in my chest
Won't drown the possibility that you still love me

Kiss me a little sweeter
Want me a little more
Maybe then I could stay afloat
In this sea of doubt
Feb 2017 · 309
Maybe I'll Just Runaway
Maybe if I close my eyes long enough
I'll wake up and be someone else

Maybe if I sleep forever
My past mistakes will be history and I'll get to be who I really want to be
Feb 2017 · 313
All I Have are Scars
You were my
"All or nothing"
Love

I gave you my all
And you left me with nothing
Feb 2017 · 668
Nasty Woman
I couldn't find a man
Man enough to love me
So instead I became
The man I wanted to marry
I wish it made sense for me
To call you in a moment of insane courage
And drive in the middle of the night
To tell you how I feel
How angry it made me
That all I was to you was a secret
One you wanted to taste so bad you were willing to take it to your grave
You had no right to tell me those things
You should've been better to me
---
But no amount of yelling
Will ever make you mine
No amount of closure
Will replace never getting to know what it's like to be with you
No matter how ****** I am
If you asked me now
I would let you ******* lips
All those things you said you wanted to do
I would do it all
To be able to give something to you
---
For one chance to know your love
I would give anything
Even if it meant
Looking at your finger
And ignoring the ring
Feb 2017 · 285
You're Still Wearing Them?
Does she know that the shirt she's taking off of you
You kissed me for getting it for you?
Feb 2017 · 986
There's Only One
I could write you a million metaphors to explain who he was to me
But if I'm being honest
There's only one that does him justice

He is the sadness you feel when you love someone so much that even though they are breaking your heart
All you can do is look at them through blurry eyes and say
"No, I'm so happy for you"
And hope that your smile is enough to convince them that you will stop loving them one day
Feb 2017 · 302
It Should Be
When you like someone
Your senses will be blinded with excitement
Your pounding heart will drown out the whispers of rationality in your head
You will think and day dream and wonder and hope
And it will be magical
It should be

When you love someone
You will think of their well being more often than your own
You will learn everything about their voice and can place every freckle on their body and you will know them better than you know yourself; you will know them better than they know themselves
You will love and love and love until your heart becomes so full that it will almost burst and you will only love more
And it will be life-changing
It should be

When you lose someone
You will fall into a bottomless pit of sorrow for which you always look for them and you will never find them
You will sob and rage and fight and scream but nothing will bring them back
You will spend years trying to drown out their taste in liquor and other people but it will never work
And it will be tragic
It should be
Feb 2017 · 433
Our Song
A song from 7 years ago
Started playing on the radio
And without even realizing it
I was singing all the words

I wonder if we're like that song
No matter how many years pass between us
I will still know all the words to the song of your body
And be able to sing along
To His New Lover,

I have only heard whispers about you and seen glimpses of you in pictures
The one thing I know is that you and I are very different
And I hope that means something good
That maybe you bring out the man in him I never could

I hope he tells you you're beautiful every day even though you don't need to hear it but because you deserve it
I hope he never forgets to buy you flowers because he would do anything to see that smile spread across your face
I hope he holds you more than he makes love to you so that you always know he loves you for your soul and not for your body
I hope that when you fight, he fights for you instead of you having to convince him to stay
I hope that all the promises he makes and the dreams you build together you get to see manifest

I hope that there is never a day that you have to doubt his love because he is committed to showing you every second you're together how priceless your presence is to him

I hope you are everything to him that I couldn't be, that he wouldn't let me be, that I didn't know how to be.
I hope that your love is enough.

Sincerely,
The Girl who Loved Him First
Feb 2017 · 548
Tell Me What You Think
I wrote all these words for you
I wonder if you'll ever read them
Feb 2017 · 360
All Night Conversations
She was a hard pill to swallow
She could watch you and tell you all the things hidden deep in your soul
She went to parties merely for the chance to fill someone with liquor and have them to pour out their heart
But the truth is her eyes could get you to tell her anything
She had no problem swimming in the truth
...
She asked me once what she didn't know about me
I asked what she already knew
And as she laid out all of my secrets on the table
I grabbed another beer
Feb 2017 · 1.0k
One Last Letter
Dearest Love,

How are you doing?
I think I still know the sound of your voice.

The missing you isn't constant anymore,
It comes in waves.
Sometimes the moon is full and the waves are big and crash tears all over my face.
Sometimes it's a barely audible lapping sound gently whispering your name.

My life is good and my heart is full.
I wish you could've known this version of me,
But you were the one person standing in the way of it.
I wish I could share all of this with you now but you are not in the place to be loved as deeply and intensely as I love.
Maybe that will always be our tragedy.

Goodbye love.
I am going to keep letting you go.

Think of me often.

*Forever yours
We were visiting your parents for the weekend
We're adults but they made rules anyway
The first night you snuck into my bedroom and broke their rules anyway
The gentle pull into your chest and intertwining your legs with mine woke me up
We laid there a long time
Our lips less than an inch away from each other
Just breathing

You softly whispered to me
"You're beautiful"
Your eyes were closed.

I asked how you knew if you couldn't see me
You replied,
"I don't need eyes to know you are the most extraordinary woman I have ever seen"

I had never liked being called beautiful before
But coming from you it sounded so different...

I think I can get used to this.
Feb 2017 · 823
Ideal Type
Many men had whispered to her
That she was the kind of woman that men sat around wishing for
That she was the dream type

But as she opened her heart to the love they promised to fill her with
They realized that she didn't need them at all
Feb 2017 · 281
How Drunk Are You?
We're just a bunch of drunken kids
With hearts that got too broken
And no concept of how to heal
Feb 2017 · 911
Blaze
They spewed rumors like sparks

So I turned into flames

I engulfed them with my self-love

And burned out all their hate
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