a round of applause for baby me who thought heartbreak from a boy was the world at its worst (although sometimes it is, for the lucky and unlucky) foolishly full of angst but beautifully full of hope a silly sad and happy kind of fool they didn't tell you yet: about the shame you would feel knowing you willingly gave others the power to wrestle your hope and your light from you in a way you can barely carry a flicker they haven't shown you: the embarrassment of rejection every day, every job, every person, every dream in this world: hard work means something only sometimes, but who do you know? whose ass are you kissing? you don't know yet: doing the right thing, isn't always the right move, doing the wrong thing, could be the only move you don't know much yet, but young, foolish sad and happy girl, is not bad for a start so cheers, to the muses i always thought beautiful, even if they shouldn't have been, even if they were ugly, even if they were
she wears her heart on her sleeve
like the night wears the stars
she wakes up everyday
expecting the unexpected
like love could appear out
of thin air and she could
breathe it in by accident
if it were up to her,
the kind of love that
she would fall for
would be the endless
kind
i gave you the last shitty
piece of me i had left
and i hoped
and i prayed
that this time
it'd be different
or maybe even,
it would be good
enough,
it would
work out
but praying
and hoping
will never
turn a sinner
into an angel
and i really
should have known
better
the 3rd time
around
i expected you to say something hurtful back
when i told you i didn't like liking you
but all you said was that no one does
and i should have said that i did,
i just can't stand the thought of not
having you completely
but i do like you,
i like like you,
in a 7th grade crush kind of
way
there are so many words i could say,
so many reasons why i like you,
so many why i shouldn't
all the right signs and
all the wrong ones
but i feel you should just know
i like you, a lot, and i like
how i feel safe
with you
i love love
i'm terrible at it though
like it finds me
and drags my breath
away
but it doesn't like to
stay
it's weird though
that i miss you,
but i do.
the way i miss summer
when winter's here,
the way i long for the cold
when it's too hot
i hope one day you'll be happy
like it's easy to be
like nothing can hold you down
for long
and i hope you find it on the first try
leaves litter the ground
and the air is crisper,
lighter, cooler
dawn comes softer
and everything
feels like you've
felt it before
it's beautiful
how things change
even when we
don't quite
welcome it
things happen
and
life goes on
you open one eye
and forget where you are
thinking you're alone
then feel
their warmth
with their face buried
gently in your shoulder
and their lips
pressed against
your skin
you know
you're where
you should be
i woke up this morning
and realized i loved you
it's not that i like
being in turbulence
with you constantly
or the biting of lips
or breath on my neck
and rough hands
that turn into
rough nights
it's because i didn't think
i could love again
and now after years loveless
i'm really screwed