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Sep 2021 · 252
4.14.21
sarah Sep 2021
i chase experience every day
by chasing you
to the boy with the camera
Sep 2021 · 219
changing skies
sarah Sep 2021
isn't it funny how
when you hear a word once
all of a sudden you
start hearing it everywhere

i whispered your name
and suddenly you were
everywhere,
a black cloud
warping my ultraviolet skies
9.4.21
Sep 2021 · 153
light summer rain
sarah Sep 2021
there was a light summer rain on my drive home today.

not enough to show on forecasts. but enough that i could feel you in its droplets,

falling around me as your breath once did.

i stuck my hand out the window.
9.1.21
Aug 2021 · 755
on indecision
sarah Aug 2021
i pick at my fingers until they bleed
strange that i can't pick when i must
Aug 2021 · 1.3k
paris
sarah Aug 2021
we could go to Paris,
or just stay at hoᴍe
would be ᴀ dream to travel
the world, but if i'm with you,
i've ꜱeen enᴏugh

because ɴo place i could
ever visit would be better
than being with you
but one day we'll be sipping coffee
in a French cafe, and i won't
have to choose
wistful
Aug 2021 · 143
feb 2019
sarah Aug 2021
seems to me that peace is
just a mile away from town
so close,
so close.
Aug 2021 · 609
rainy
sarah Aug 2021
rainy like my eyes
lately i despise
being alone
i don't like being alone

shaky like my knees
when i tell you, please,
fall in love with me
won't you fall in love with me
ive missed you all more than literary devices could ever describe
Apr 2021 · 1.2k
4.15.21
sarah Apr 2021
this is not how i dreamed
i’d spend my thursday
deteriorating mental image
staring at me

i’ll do what must be done
to keep you a little longer
foolish of me to think
i could keep you at all
Apr 2021 · 812
useless thesaurus
sarah Apr 2021
i wish there was a term
for the way your lips feel
when they spell out the words
“i love you”

or something that could capture
the way the clock stops
when you’re the only one i can see
in the room

oh, i’ve searched every dictionary
every thesaurus entry
for “love”
and i’m still looking, but babe
i don’t think i’ll ever find
the words
i forgot about this lol
Jun 2020 · 105
the difference
sarah Jun 2020
i waited up so many nights hoping i would be lucky enough to get a “hey” from you. he keeps me up too, but it’s because we’ve been talking all day and the conversation still hasn’t come to an end. he keeps me up because talking to him gives me more of a glimpse into paradise than dreaming about you ever could.
5/13/20
Jun 2020 · 116
a new interest
sarah Jun 2020
it’s been forty days, seems like I slept just once
can you please explain, why all this feels so foreign

it’s like I’m falling in love for the first time
but that can’t be
because I wasn’t built for loving
and you just weren’t built for me
Jun 2020 · 103
sunburn
sarah Jun 2020
my father has always been very adamant about putting sunscreen on the tops of your feet.
apparently it's one of the easiest places to burn because it's so forgettable.

lately, I've been feeling like this summer isn't really summer.
I'm sure this is a collective feeling.

but today, I got in a pool for the first time since last year.
I burned the tops of my feet.

I had to hide it from my dad, but it made me feel a little more alive.
excerpts from the book i would never write
Jan 2020 · 84
the 2 week rule
sarah Jan 2020
we’ll travel the universe

anywhere we want

new york city



i’ll like red velvet

we’ll listen to eden

and you’ll fall for me
pt. 2 of a little something about a new boy who i've fallen for
Jan 2020 · 115
stargazing
sarah Jan 2020
i know that i don’t know you

but i feel like i do

after watching the stars



how impressive is it

that of all the planets

you’re right next to me
deep talks and stargazing at 9pm on tennis courts
Oct 2019 · 501
log out
sarah Oct 2019
and this is how we waste our days
refreshing a page
for a notification that we know will never come
Oct 2019 · 632
hurricanes
sarah Oct 2019
not sure if you quite know
how much you mean to me

maybe you don't
and you're oblivious to
the hurricane you cause
in my brain
is that why we are
so far apart?

or maybe you do
perhaps you've seen
this hurricane
the strange brew of emotions
that only appear for you
and it scared you away

no matter the requital
(or lack thereof)
you're still the water
that fuels my wind

my love for you is this hurricane
and i've always loved the thrill
either way
all i know is that you don't feel the same
Oct 2019 · 152
the pretty girls
sarah Oct 2019
bleach blonde beauties
it's all they've ever known

insta versus reality
please take away my phone
falling down the rabbit hole of wishing you were anyone but yourself
Sep 2019 · 774
no words
sarah Sep 2019
you've got no words
you're speechless
i tend to have that effect
Sep 2019 · 237
tied down.
sarah Sep 2019
i wanna be happier
and i think i could be
if you'd set me free

but it's not your fault
that i lost the key
Sep 2019 · 230
empty promises
sarah Sep 2019
i made an empty promise
when i swore that we were through
and another one
when i swore i was over you

now habits are forming
and they're so hard to break
unlike his heart if i told him
the empty promises i made
Sep 2019 · 288
falling into you
sarah Sep 2019
why would you
give up your world
to a black hole
cosmic love
Sep 2019 · 133
moving forward?
sarah Sep 2019
i can't pretend
like i miss you
when there's no part of you
that i should miss
Jul 2019 · 165
cinematic
sarah Jul 2019
play me like a movie
put me on repeat
Jul 2019 · 583
7.16.19
sarah Jul 2019
your heart's been broken too many times
but i could be the one to make this right
Jul 2019 · 643
7.21.19
sarah Jul 2019
easier said than done
to just trust someone
how am i supposed to know
if you're the one?
Apr 2019 · 539
white lies
sarah Apr 2019
you said you loved me
and i let you lie
Apr 2019 · 597
unrequited
sarah Apr 2019
i can't stand it when
you call me a friend
don't you see, you should be
thinking of me differently
the pain of a one-sided love
Apr 2019 · 234
moving on
sarah Apr 2019
i have better friends now
i don't need to see your smile
like i once did
Apr 2019 · 143
sacrifices
sarah Apr 2019
i can't help the feeling
that i'm going overboard
and i can't help but feeling
like you don't love me anymore

what does it take to love me, my dear
does it take too much of you?
Apr 2019 · 111
the one
sarah Apr 2019
sit down, i've got something to say
i just can't seem to love you this way

i know it might come as a shock
but my heart is broken and i've hit rock

bottom

and i don't know how to tell

anyone

but i'm sick of searching for

the one.
Apr 2019 · 772
pt. 2
sarah Apr 2019
tell me you're done
but say it to me softly
don't wanna feel the rush
of being broken-hearted

if i ever stop
to think and reflect
i'll never catch up
back to where i should be
Apr 2019 · 164
pt. 1
sarah Apr 2019
sing me to sleep
oh wait, is that my job?
talk sweet to me
or don't because i've heard it all

lay here with me until i fall asleep
and in the morning you'll be gone

because no one ever stays
to hear the full story
don't wanna turn the page
and hear me out
Mar 2019 · 252
mist
sarah Mar 2019
i keep holding onto silly things
like the color of your eyes
your beautiful disguise

and i keep wishing for a time machine
take me back to the time
when i called you mine

nostalgia's cool but the present slips away
my future feels like a million miles away

if only i could float like mist
through memories and time i'd drift
i'd replay every little thing that i missed
if only i could float like mist
Mar 2019 · 178
time capsule
sarah Mar 2019
time capsule
take me back to the night
i met you
where everything felt so right

i believe that you were made for me
reliving every memory
in my time capsule.
Mar 2019 · 231
painful memories
sarah Mar 2019
i would rather erase my memory of you
than have to live through it all again.
Mar 2019 · 155
what happened?
sarah Mar 2019
what happened
to our dreams and hopes as kids
now we're teens
and depression is bliss
aching for a love, or something
to feel like we exist
2.14.19
Feb 2019 · 289
romanticizing nostalgia
sarah Feb 2019
looking back now at the screenshots of my conversations
i realize that the sunshine might have just been rain
maybe that's how i cope; replacing pain with contentment
to wish to go back to a time i once wished to escape
Feb 2019 · 444
blue
sarah Feb 2019
tummy's filled with butterflies
turned so blue
but i did my best to tear
every golden bit from you
Feb 2019 · 283
2.01.19
sarah Feb 2019
roses bloomed in your mind
and i'm fine
angry shouts at the world
for leaving you behind

no choices
no mistakes
it happens for a reason

don't you agree?
learning to live without someone i used to love
Jan 2019 · 519
reconnecting
sarah Jan 2019
is reconnection supposed
to be this disappointing
or am i lacking in gratification
i still feel alive
but yet i feel nothing
Jan 2019 · 424
eclipse
sarah Jan 2019
moonlight on my skin
you let me down again
say you're sorry and make amends
but that's not how it works when you're broken

soon i'll let you back in
because i make the same mistakes time and time again
i swallowed my pride and said it back when
you told me you loved me at 3am

but it was just an eclipse
and i'll forget your lips

god, it takes me so long
but i'll eventually be able to forget
in honor of the super blood wolf moon eclipse a few nights ago, i wrote this song.
Jan 2019 · 251
choices
sarah Jan 2019
silence, my heart beats too fast for acting normal
blank stares, you catch me reliving the same daydream
where i confess and you feel the same
but, every time i wake up

i missed the part where you said you loved me
or did you even say anything?
i guess it's all in my head
why would you love me when you could love her instead?
Jan 2019 · 245
get by
sarah Jan 2019
looked into your eyes
like they were stars,
shooting stars i could wish on
held you so, so close
like you were my saving grace,
my anchor, my only hope

forgot to not smile
as if you didn’t make me forget my troubles
constructed careful words
like they could be my last,
the last words to linger

i know that this will take me down
Jan 2019 · 261
you don't love me.
sarah Jan 2019
no amount of friend requests
or followers i get
can replace the hole in my chest
of you not being one of them

no amount of makeup
to cover up my flaws
can make up for the fact
that you’ve already seen my worst

100 unread messages
but left on read
you’re the only one i text
and the only one who doesn’t text me back
Jan 2019 · 378
walk away
sarah Jan 2019
i liked the spark in your eyes when you said it’s over
and i like the weight of your world upon my shoulders
i couldn’t help but smile when you cut me deeper
with your words, they might as well be swords

face me as the tears roll down my face
pretend this heart was fully yours to break
tell me that it all will be okay, as you walk away
as you walk away

my happiness depends on yours, don’t break me down
don’t worry i’ll wipe the oceans; fix my own crown
i’ll paint a picture of the most beautiful sky
and i won’t mind that i only see black and white

i’ll fake a smile, i’ll be alright
get myself through the night
i’ll fake a smile, i’ll be alright
be my own light
Dec 2018 · 423
obsessed
sarah Dec 2018
my mind is racing
but my heart's keeping up
my body's chasing
a dream i just can't touch
so close to reaching, but it just slips away

staying up late just
to think of you once more
intoxicating
but i can't get enough
i think that i might be going mad

i can't bring myself to think of anyone but you

call me obsessed, you got me too messed up
life's got me feeling so dead and the remedy is you
call me obsessed, it can't be bad to confess
that i'm falling in love with you over and over again
call me obsessed

every night, i
see you in my dreams
and then i wake up
you disappear from me
and i'm stuck with your ghost until i see you again

i know i shouldn't
give you the time of day
and write a song to
give all my thoughts away
but maybe a cleansing is what i need, because

i can't bring myself to think of anyone but you

call me obsessed, you got me too messed up
life's got me feeling so dead and the remedy is you
call me obsessed, it can't be bad to confess
that i'm falling in love with you over and over again
call me obsessed
Dec 2018 · 401
breathless
sarah Dec 2018
give me a minute to gather my thoughts
before i pretend that i haven’t planned it at all
walking a tightrope, suspect that i’ll fall

but what’s the point in hurting if not to feel something
it’s better than nothing at all

i’m staring at my shoes because i can’t look at you, even though i want to
stumble on my words because i’m caught up in yours
not that we’re keeping score
at the same time, you scatter my mind
into pieces, puzzle pieces
you fit right into place, yeah, when i see your face.. i’m breathless

a million love letters that i’d never write
condensed into one song
so that you can read my mind

there’s so much to say, but i can’t find the right words to tell you
that i’m just so lucky you picked me if only it's until you found someone new

i’m staring at my shoes because i can’t look at you
even though i want to
stumble on my words because i’m caught up in yours
not that we’re keeping score
at the same time, you scatter my mind
into pieces, puzzle pieces
you fit right into place, yeah, when i see your face.. i’m breathless
my prequel to breathe
Dec 2018 · 317
in love with you.
sarah Dec 2018
i say "let's talk"
but you don't hear a word
because i say it so quietly
you never could have heard
i wanna scream at you
tell you how you should feel
but your tongue isn't tied
and your heart's beating normally still

we'd be the best of friends
if i wasn't in love with you
but i'm so in love with you
the constant struggle of being in love with someone who couldn't care less about you
Dec 2018 · 266
pick up
sarah Dec 2018
memories remembered
from the pictures on my wall
people change but pictures don’t,
wish i could feel nothing at all
for you
because these days, all i do
is wonder who you are
i wish that i could know you
but you’re always too far

if you don’t want to pick up the phone
why should i be at your beck and call
if you ain’t got no time for me
then my mind won’t be filled with these
wishes that i wish i didn’t think

desperate for a sign,
but i’ll tell everyone i’m fine
nothing i wanna see
but your name on my lock screen
but you make me stare at my screen
you do
because these days, all i do
is wonder who you are
i wish that i could know you
but you’re always just a little too far

if you don’t want to pick up the phone
why should i be at your beck and call
if you ain’t got no time for me
then my mind won’t be filled with these
wishes that i wish i didn’t think
if you don’t want to pick up the phone
why should i be at your beck and call
if you ain’t got no time for me
then my mind won’t be filled with these
messages it tells me that you read
i wrote this a week ago when my now-boyfriend left me on read for too long, i'm not petty at all
Nov 2018 · 356
you & me
sarah Nov 2018
i turn my head when you walk into the room
stare straight ahead cuz i dont wanna look at you
but when i sleep my dreams are all of you

i know we said that we’d just be friends
but i can’t help it that my heart’s going against
everything you say to me, i like it

we could be something great if you’d let it
can we let it?

i know that i can’t breathe when i’m anywhere near you
i wish that you would see that we shouldn’t drag it out
i know we’re meant to be, let’s let go of all that doubt
and give it a shot
you & me

we catch each other locking eyes across the room
but we turn away like it’s something to illude
could it be that you feel the butterflies too?

it’s a mess, i’m gonna ruin everything we have
can’t bring myself to tell you so i’ll just tell everyone else...
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