Poetry

The science teacher showed your writing

as an example in class today

and even though

he cut off the name, I knew

it was you.

The way you make your y's and f's

hasn't changed

I wanted to stay there forever

Under that tree with you.

I wanted to lie there

Live beneath the sky's blue.

I wanted to look at the constellations at night

And name the clouds' shapes in the daytime.

Irreplaceable

Is us

You and I

Together

Joking and laughing from things like the weather

To ghost cows and weird books and crazy ideas

To fanfictions and emails and drafts we'll never send.

I don't believe in love at first sight.

I don't believe in miracles

That happen overnight.

I don't believe in princes

With perfect hair and smiles

And I don't believe in fairy godmothers

You wish I'd give in

You wish I'd give up.

You'd wish I'd stop fighting

For me and for us.

You wish I'd stop arguing

Stop pointing fingers

You wish I'd quit blaming

But my fire, it lingers.

We were great, sure

Until suddenly we weren't.

I liked you as a person

But not much more than a friend.

You were cool and funny

I was, well, am, me.

We got a long just fine

But you wanted more from me.

Poem #1 in my Greek Gods poem series. More to come soon! :D

1. persephone

she crushed flowers beneath her feet as she walked

There are a lot of things I can't have:

You

Your love

Your care.

I shouldn't be allowed your smile

Or to ask you truth or dare.

I shouldn't be given your warmth

Or your adoration;

I wonder every day:

Do you like me?

You look at me sometimes.

I wonder what it could mean.

I wonder if I feel to you what you feel to me.

Ab aeterno:

"From the everlasting"

"From eternity"

"From outside of time".

The philosophy of ab aeterno is beautiful.

It is forevermore,

Abstract,

Latin

(as Latin tends to be).

How about me?

They come to me about all their problems.

They come to me when no one else is listening,

I am grateful that they trust me.

I am grateful that they want to tell me.

A spark...

A flame...

A burst of burning light...

It grows and grows...

It's never ending...

It lights up the night sky...

The burns,

It hurts,