I love myself when I'm with you
Every imperfection becomes a crystal forest
Your words shine down and make me shimmer with amber sunlight
Together we are a sunset that outshines the stars

You make me radiant

Dear Radiant Warmth,

I missed it...my target, my opportunity...Possibly my only chance to connect with you under full certainty that you wanted me too.

You were so close. I could feel your warmth grace my skin gently. My heartbeat pounding and tangling itself with yours.  

Ha,..even my heartbeat aches to be near you.

My heart has more courage than me, however, for despite our distance being less than a millimeter, I couldn't. I just couldn't...do anything.

Anything to seal the space.

We could be so beautiful.. Not beautiful as in attractive, but beautiful as in luminescent, so much that when you see two people in.."like" with each other. And you can feel the emotions pouring out of them despite the silence that surrounds them.

Though their hands may not touch, fireworks shine as a stunning display in their eyes..comparable to a celebration. As though they're celebrating having found each other.  

All of the monsters insignificant and incinerated by the shield of pure care that engulfs the pair.  

The heart's determination exudes confidence into its holder. Not because it wants to, but because it was made to... Because deep down past the veins, in the deepest crevice of the heart's chambers, lives the stardust begging to join with the other....

...Maybe that's why my heart aches every time you leave...every time the school bell rings..every time I close my eyes to sleep because the thought of not hearing your voice makes me sick to my stomach...

..I really do believe some of the dust that makes up our souls is from the same star, and my dust wants you...in the most innocent sense of the word. It just wants to be near you... More than anything it wants that. And I wholeheartedly agree..u,  

You help me a lot. More than you realize and more than I have the capability of ever explaining to you.  

I know I'm stardust to you, but I need you to know something.. I was dirt before I met you. Thank you for teaching me that I'm not dirt. I've never been dirt. That you for telling me that I'm stardust too. Even if its a lie.  

I like you. I miss you. I hope to see you soon. Goodbye love. I hope this reaches you and I hope it helps you understand.

Love,

Petey

She is raw like cacao
Carries a smell of cinnamon and honey
Natural brown eumelanin skin
Everyone judges not knowing what's within

Sweet like honey,
She cures any emptiness carried in a man
Mix her with sunshine
And she glows within

Beautiful big brown eyes
No one ever takes the time to notice her
People only falsely label her and lack realization
That she's the most beautiful and radiant brown skinned girl

Sweet like honey
Beautiful brown girl
Never lose your fire
Even when the sun may not shine, you'll still always blind them

- Henessy J. Beltre

your shine

bogged down

by the inkiness

of space

yet you are still radiant

and I can see you even from here

shine bright my love

Summer breeze,
the sun beats down on me.
It leaves me a mark,
paints me like my ancestors.
A radiant glow.
An exotic flower from the tropical
gardens of Colombia.
Just like an exotic flower from the tropical
gardens of Colombia.