Posts
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Contrasting
I have people who will hold me
Love me
Splash me in sparkles and giggles and emails
And I have people who will hurt me
Snark
Sarcasm
Never really laughing
Never really there
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Take me away
Just take me away from here
Whisper stories of starlight and fire
Water scrambling over rocks
Iron in my eyes
Just take me away from here
To a fantasyland where it's us
Just us
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The thoughts I'd say
You
Don't get it
Don't get me
Where did the magic go?
I literally do have to be the best
You can't see outside your own opinions
And I'm a hypocrite
Following a faulty compass but
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Cheerios
I am
The
perfect
student
Aren't I?
I turn my work in on time
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Of course holding the door
I took a step out of team and
immediately wished
I could take a step back in
of course the timing synced.
I walked and heard you
wave to everyone
exchange talks with everyone
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Heaven
Leaning into you
I guess I
Couldn't resist
I was tired
It was instinct
Can I really fight instinct
When it's leading me to you?
The soft flutter of butterfly wings against
My skin
Loves
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Stargazing
Is it so wrong for you to look at me?
Is it so bad to smile my way?
You act like I'm untouchable, a flea,
But yet you kiss me whispers and my hair you play.
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"i'm fine"
i'm fine
i'm staring at nothing
thinking about everything
exhausted and hurt from the words that slipped off their tongues,
"you okay?" they ask without wanting to know the answer. -
sophomore year later
i used to dream
of the day
i started middle school,
thinking the excitement
of getting older
outweighed the pain
of growing up.
my teachers wondered why.
and now that i'm in
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Grow up, not grow old
They say I'm too young to know what love is,
Too quick to believe in forever and kisses.
They roll their eyes when I speak from my chest,
As if my heart's too small to feel this mess.
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White Lies
Why are they called white lies?
Why are they called white lies when they leave the deepest stains?
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That Ride
I fell asleep,
in your lap,
my head on your leg,
It wasn't one those deep sleeps,
It was the kind when you still hear and feel everything but you are indeed,
asleep.