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How to fall apart in an afternoon:
last night
I dreamt of butterfly wings and
sandpaper and thunderstorms
last night I woke up when
the sun fell into itself trying
to brighten its own heart -
The beauty in shattered glass:
today I found
out you have brown eyes
brown eyes and brown hair
and a smile like sunshine
and god I'm going to cry
because its not fair
that every so often a star dies -
The things I whisper to the trees in Autumn:
I've always loved with my toes,
my emotions so big they burst
through my heart and settle down
near the sand and secrets
buried with the sunflower seeds
in the spring
except sometimes -
Bittersweet Secrets:
There is a moment
when the sun meets the stars for
the first time in a day
it pours light into the
sky and flips the world over
until the water pours
onto the moon and turns -
6 years and 3 days ago:
Do you remember
sitting on the on the couch
made of blue canvas
and broken hearts
and buttons sewn into cigarette
burns
I buried your words
behind the garden -
10:36 pm:
there are days
when time falls of my back
like coats on a summer day
and I miss the treasure potential
held in sandboxes
how we laughed when we scraped out knees