I'm caving in
So small none can see

Yet a glimmer of your image
Shines through my mind

Pushing me to grow
Into a beautiful flower
Extending my leaves and petals

Attracting butterflies
Attracting bees

They mirror his stinging words
His actions hurt me
Diminishing my image of you

To become so small
None can see
That I'm caving in

Take me in your arms
and we'll dance the night away
Your promise that you mean no harm
Left and right, we sway

Your hands on my waist
Mine on your shoulders
You dressed in your very best
and me dressed in furs

My heart lifts rhythmically
as we grand jeté across the room
My head whips in circles
as we pirouette around the room

But when you lift me up in the air
and pins drop from my hair
The fiery look in your eyes
combined with all your lies

Sends curls of flames rushing through my stomach
burning all the self-restraint I had
As I begged with my movements
for you to *dance me to hell

Hair graying with age
as wise as a tree of sage
Skin as weathered as broken tree branches
not giving youth any chances

Hands still shuffling the yellowed cards,
left dormant on the tea table.
Trying to remember, though it was hard,
poker taught by the man from the stables.

The thought of him makes her mad,
angry and frightened, lonely and sad.
And yet her heart still beats strong,
forever in love, forever young,

In love with the slab of stone
in her backyard
In love with the one
who taught her to play cards

a mere look from you,
my heart is breaking in two,
why do you do this?

Light, a bright beautiful being
Dark**, a spectacular supernatural substance

“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he’s everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he’s not easy to spot; he’s really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.”

-Taylor Swift

What about the promises
you made with your kisses?
The love you used to quote
while making love notes?
What if they weren’t real?
What if they weren’t true?
All the things you did, including you
I would for sure, cannot endure
The brokenness of my heart
that you took part by part
till they were all yours
till I was all yours
I’m not sure I would survive
I would cry till I die
At least I would be beside you
where we would then be two
hearts, glued
All I ask of you:
Don’t break your promises,
the ones you made with your kisses

Tell me that you need me
Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you miss me

Don't tell me that I'm useless
Don't tell me that you hate me
Don't tell me that to leave
Don't tell me that you don't think of me

Please tell me to stay

There goes the clock

Counting down the minutes
you have left to spend
Counting down the time
you wasted on your dimes

Now it comes back to haunt you
*Tick tock, tick tock

A
      *LOVE
                  SO
                         STRONG
                                           THAT
                                                        P­ENETRATES
                                                      ­                             YOUR
                                                          ­                                   VERY
                                                    ­                                SOUL,
                         ­                                   REACHING
                   ­                             INTO
                             ­         THE
                   DEEPEST
          DARKEST
                    CORNERS
                    ­                     OF
                                                YOUR
     ­                                                         *HEART

A life without you,
Is like breathing without air.
I just can't survive.