for you know
i am not meant to
stay in one place

because rose petals
are meant to blow away

i am stronger than the person
who has stabbed me
but weaker than the lover
who has broken me
because love is the deadliest weapon

& the next time one decides to leave
i will securely fasten my shoelaces
& follow
not desperately in the same direction
begging in tears on my weak knees
but towards a new path of beginnings
sweetly existing in content without you

i am falling in love
with the absence of you
it is starting to wear off on me
& i am beginning to take
the love i once had for you
towards myself slowly now

that shining shooting star
you see out your window
in the lonely & cold night
should be put towards you
not wasted on another soul

let yourself be the wish
you always wanted
to come true

i am giving second chances
to people
who did not even deserve
a chance from the beginning

my one wish is
to find someone
who sees the world
as beautiful as i do
with their mouth
preaching poetic beauty
as i have once done
to all the boys
i have loved