Poetry

We didn’t break, 
we thinned out 
into quieter sentences. 

You can walk as far as the map will go. 
You can swim all oceans, seas, and lakes. 
You can drive every winding road, 
Bike each cracked and uneven sidewalk. 

last night my love I wished upon a star
tonight my dear it finally came true
they say all's faire in love and war
but glowing love like this I cannot rue
my love we're living in a fairytale
my wish upon a star is standing here

Verse 1

We met under our darkened skies, humming

our own lullabies, that 

sent the stormy clouds chasing.

With our shadows tailing behind us, in

Today, I will sell my soul

I will give up my will and my ways

I will become one with this being

this beast

I will give to it my everything

The child you reared

The straight-A student

The hard worker, the one that gives

The disorganized, happy, childish teen

The one who cares too much

I chose to lose you,

to lose the love you gave me.

I had to leave you.

I didn’t mean to

let our relationship die.

I couldn’t take it.

Our love looked perfect,

People brush past me

Clouds shift across the sky

The sun inches down

The sky turns warm

I hear people

Yelling,

Laughing,

we're so close. 

I am wrapped in the touch of another 

suspended in a state of contentment

and soft safety. 

the lights in my room are warm

and in the mirror 

Walk up to the table

Tell them my name

They look at me

They look at my opponent

"Red" they tell me

Walk to the center of the mat

Put on the red anklet

Turn to my coach

"Lets get a win" he says

He is heartless, they say.

But why did he give the little girl

A piece of his meager bread?

He is calculating, they say.

But why does he not take advantage 

What would it be like

to see the rainbow?

To stand beneath it,

soak in the colorful

mistakes it bleeds.

What would it be like,

to have someone else