puppet
They are smiling,
Lips stretched up, with a slight crinkle of their eyes,
They are listening,
Nodding along, making hums of acknowledgement,
They are happy,
They are smiling,
Lips stretched up, with a slight crinkle of their eyes,
They are listening,
Nodding along, making hums of acknowledgement,
They are happy,
To you
you who lives among our rainbow hills--
green one moment
orange the next
and always blue in the distance--
you who lives along a river
you who lives looking into sunsets
you and you
I am a dying star
Don’t mourn me, I am quite far.
It was supposed to be a beautiful summer day,
sun shining, birds singing,
but instead of swimming in the lake or shooting archery on the range we are stuck inside
You said
I seemed relaxed.
Not tense,
Like I feel,
Constantly.
Not curled up into a tight little ball
Against the world.
You said
I seemed loose.
I don't feel loose
My love for you has no title
My love for you is my own
My love for you is something unique
My love for you I wish I could've shown
The war was over,
or maybe it hadn’t begun.
The sky hummed like a sweet lullaby,
and the fields grew wild with unbothered color.
Children ran barefoot through puddles
Tell me that I’m beautiful without telling me
Tell me that
I make you smile
Tell me that
I’m smart
Tell me that
I make your day
Golden.
Glistening in the sunlight.
The smooth, metallic surface felt too fine to touch.
Like a perfectly formed apple, round and shiny
As small as a dollar coin.
Though it weighed much more than you’d think
Culmination.
Wrap-up.
Climax.
Soon to be the end.
The end of what felt like forever.
How do I tie up the ends of my life like this?
How do I say goodbye
Guilty pleasures.
I know they are.
I know I shouldn't.
I know all this.
Do I listen?
No.
Have I ever listened?
No.
Checking the doc.
Not active anymore.
Hadn't been
I don't know you anymore.
I learned this
Today.
Gone is the silly boy
As tall as I was
That purple beanie obsession
We all shared -
Tank tops in summer, Crocs all year round,
Not anymore.