maybe i am lace covered in snow,
feeling the cold run through me.
maybe i am a leaf,
falling off the branches,
unable to grip tightly.
maybe i am a silhouette in the night,
hiding alone in the corner.
maybe i am just a cigarette.

light me, breathe me in,
watch me turn to ash then,
extinguish my flames &
throw me away.

& maybe i'm okay with it.

maybe i am dust in the attic,
static on a.m. radio.
maybe i am just a band-aid,
batteries, just temporary.
maybe i am a silent scream nightmare,
the sigh of the fog,
a heart painted grey.
maybe i am a Halloween mask,
a devilish smirk,
clothes discarded across the floor.
maybe i am a roller-coaster ride,
a tornado in a jar,
a slow instrumental song,
with eyes glazed over.
maybe i am an hourglass with no sand,
the air in my own hands.

& maybe i'm okay with it.

Who are you, random person?
You're by my table in the morning.
By my friends and my reason.
Who are you?

You aren't supposed to be here.
I don't think you're new.
I've never seen you before today.
But you still seem to here, strewn.

Our first time talking was awkward.
Of course, it was, we just met.
We shook hands and just stood there.
You don't remember me, I'll bet.

But I saw you and something clicked.
You were almost familiar.

I looked at you and saw a shade of something.
Something that reminded me of me, I guess.

I'm never really used to being wrong.

But I knew something happened.
Even though it was nothing, it was.
It's weird how it feels like I know you.
But really I know nothing at all.

I feel like everything should rhyme by now,
I've been writing way too long for it not to.
But I still think my writing isn't perfect.
Because it isn't and neither am I.

I've never felt a feeling like I felt that day
It was weird, but I doubt it was love.
Maybe we are destined to be enemies
Or friends, I don't really know.

But something was there.
Even though it was nothing.
Maybe? No.

I'm chasing my dream
You're chasing yours
So why do we fall
through this damaged door?
You sing songs
about broken glass
You're still bitter
but my thirst never ends
You still drape yourself
like you never left