Writing
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louder.
its starting to ring
the noise in my head
telling me im feeling
something i didn't know
i was capable of.
its getting louder
the sirens
the warning
i dont have a chance
at surviving
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to the girl who saved me
you dont know how close
i was to falling
to plumetting
neither do i
you came along
i cant tell
if you made things easier
or ten times more difficult
i cant tell
if i only tripped a little
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unsent messages (his side)
11:00 PM: "Hey. how are you?"
Delete. -
unsent messages (her side)
11:00 PM: "I know its late but I cant sleep. How have you been? I've been thinking about you."
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the kind of teenager i'm not
i watch as all of my old friends
grow up to be everything i never wanted,
everything i told myself i would never turn into.
As if it were wrong,
as if it were some curse.
And now i want everything they have,
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I wanted to say sorry
I almost called you last night.
I had my thumb hovering over your contact,
just staring at your name until the screen went dark.