You’ll always be my maybe
The love that could have been
Haven’t seen you in some time now
But it’s like you’ve never left
Your presence makes it brighter
Our humors intertwine
You taught me how to wonder
You let me see you cry
If only times were different
& I didn’t live so blind
I picture endless laughter
A peaceful love so right
We’re living different lives now
Summer only lasts so long
I’l...
I watch the time pass by from my bedside
Kept from sleep as the minutes tick by
‘Cause a year ago I’d be calling you
Celebrating the thought of you in my life
I can’t pinpoint the moment you left me
No big fight or stinging last words
All I know are my calls are unanswered
Text messages opened to no response
I see pictures you post with your new friends
Oh how I’m glad for the ones by your side...
I pull the flowers from my hair
And rehang my favorite dress
Return my shoes back to my closet
Dim the lights, ready for bed
I hear the music through the window
Hear them laughing down the hall
Did they notice I was missing?
Would they question it at all?
Try pretending nothing hurts me
Getting wrapped up in my phone
But tuning out the world around me
Is a horrid way to cope
No I never got a...
All I want is to talk things out…
Because this broken-record, awkward, screeching silence is eating me up, and I want to scream, but the silence is too heavy… so here I am.
Cards laid out, laying bare, bleeding out ‘cross your kitchen table.
Do you think you could drop your walls for just a moment and let me see what’s bothering you?
Everything, share it all?
For just this moment, just this c...
I re-read conversations
Scroll back to once told jokes
Remember your opinions
And your smile through the phone
First year we walked The Gardens
Last Summer made Fall plans
Had visions of forever
Full trust
The best of friends
Your birthday’s in my calendar
Your face lights up my screen
Remember that time
Back in ‘09
We were happy you and me?
But you’ve left for Mississippi
And you’ve never ke...
“Has anyone seen Jessica?”
It was a typical day at Mt. Shirley’s. Us girls were all huddled behind the playground, hiding from a mob of boys who just spent the past 15 minutes chasing us around the school. Don’t be the slowest, don’t stand alone. Those were the rules I lived by. I didn’t know what would happen if I was caught - still don’t - but the thought alone kept me running. All was good...
PRESENT DAY
“Isaac’s hosting a party tonight at 6, I’ll meet u there”
It was my one year anniversary with Kyle, and he wanted to spend it getting drunk at Isaac’s party. Isaac, his sarcastic friend who’s jokes never fail to ruin my mood. ‘Happy anniversary to me.’ It’s 5:25pm, and I know I should be wrapping up ready to go, but I can’t help drag this out as long as possible, refusing to do so...
I’ve been sprinting the wrong race
Shouting the wrong lines
Trusted GPA converted to USD$
But the Game of Life is never that simple
And I’m running out on time
I’ve been playing the wrong cards
Holding out on double dice
He’s bought Boardwalk, she Tennessee Ave
I cycle the railroads
Paying out time after time
I’m twisted up, tumbling over
Deck’s growing in my hands
My Queen’s exposed, Bishop...
I wonder if you ever stay up at night thinking of me
Me, who you once held the door for and saved a seat for at dinner tables
Tables turn, I now know
Know I’m being dramatic, but the thought of you makes me wonder
Wonder how your thoughts of me have changed over the years
Years, and years of fleeting eyes and stolen glimpses
Glimpses once held now abandoned
Abandoned, as you left me in th...
This is no ordinary walk
No, today we walk for you
We step against a reality never meant to be
We cry in solidarity,
For our angels, our three kings gone too soon
We see you in the chalk marks,
and in crowds of young men cheering
We can hear you in the laughter
Within the music
And can feel you in crowds dancing.
With each footstep we make a promise
To cherish instead of mourn
To relish each br...
