gaia_lenox

it is too early 
for feelings of 
violence 

be quick to forgive 
quicker to turn a blind eye 

i woke up one day 
to mens eyes 
that met in between my shoulders 

I fell in love with a boy 
in a magazine.

I cut out his face
and plastered it onto 
the back of a canvas,
not bothering to find his name 
in the article.

It is nights like these 

you're taller now 

i knew this 
before 

but six foot three 
sounds a lot smaller 
than it looks 

especially when its standing 
in front of you 

we pretend 

16 candles 

close your eyes 
make a wish 
bury it under the driveway for no one to find 

breathe in the sky 
and out
a naive hope 
that birthday candles will secure 

there's no history 
here 

no secrets 
shoved into the cracks
in the sidewalks

everything is
new new new 

tear down 
and build up 

higher higher higher 

today we swam in a pool 
dyed too purple to remember 
hours after the sun had set 
and watched as lightning
tried to take its place in the sky 

today we ate food