Stargirl

This is a distant memory
one that I thought I'd let go, a long long time back
This is a bird that got away from me
Not that I ever meant to capture it
You seldom do

She's standing there holding a painting of white flowers

There are paper roses melting on the curb

Their dye is running rampant over my shoes and people are looking

like i'm the one who did it

Because i did

Their thorns were pricking me, bothering me

Dear best friend--

If you were killed, I wouldn’t be at your funeral. 
I would be in jail, for killing the person who killed you.

We are teenagers, this is Us

Hear our heartbeats, breathe our air, taste our words--

Our lives are not at all what we’re told they’ll be.

The pictures we are in are beautiful 

Because we make them so

There is more than just you on this earth
And there is more than just me. 
There is more than just us on this earth.
There is this –
There is sky and stars and moon and sun.

Colors break

Break open on canvas, tremble in the presence of broken wings and brilliance
cry

Shed tears of maroon and velvet laced dresses, scream when they are found
stain