his eyes remind me of the stars

i love to gaze at in the sky

each night

eyes overflowing with all the poetry i could paint,

forever holding him in my arms

eyes that make everything else in the world

worthless

so entrancing, i am mesmerized constellations drawn in his irises

i live my life mesmerized by him, having memorized everything about him,

so much so that i hear the whispers of

his smooth v...

you hate eye contact

and usually i do too

but with you, i would be content to sit and stare at you for eternity

your eyes are like chocolate, so dark it’s bitter to taste

or coffee beans that i grind with my own hands

you hate eye contact

but oh, how i love the little dance they do when i laugh

your eyes light up when your happy

i want them glowing when you’re with me

i need eyes like yours in m...

sometimes it feels

like our love is against all odds

you really fumbled that first night we met

but you picked up the pieces

and rebuilt the puzzle that slipped off the table

and shattered

i had given up

i thought it was over

little did i know, the puzzle wasn’t finished yet

we used to fight a lot

lily would say we argued every night

but we don’t do that anymore

we made it past that

i know you

y...

how interesting it is

how when you first asked for my number

i wouldn’t talk to you, not after that night

but now

oh but now i can’t stay away

you hurt me, though you didn’t mean to

i know you never mean to hurt me

how interesting it is

how such an unfortunate event can lead to

such a feeling of

euphoria

i guess that’s what they call serendipity

one month, four weeks, thirty-one days

longer t...

listen

im sorry

i know what i did and i know it was wrong

and im scarred from the way your words cut me

like knives,

but ultimately,

i know it was my fault

listen,

i hate myself for the way i made you

hate me, i love you and you hated me

you say you didn’t but i saw the pain in your eyes

and the lies surrounding your words

as you said you would always love me

i’m sorry, i’m so sorry

you don’t h...

boom

windows clattering, curtains blown open wide

gray is rolling in like the ocean tides on the beach

something dark is in the air,

shut your doors,

tell your children to go inside.

pitter patter pitter patter

reindeer hooves are clacking on the roof

but it’s not christmas and santa isn’t here

drops of water fall from the ceiling,

you’d better slide a bucket under those leaks

your roof needs a...

to you,

i’m sorry

i didn’t love you,

well i did,

but not in the way you wanted

to you,

i’m sorry

for the way i treated you for the way i didn’t think

i should’ve thought

i love you,

but not in the way you wanted,

i know

to you,

i’m sorry i’m so sorry

i miss you luke i miss you so much

please if you come back ill be better

i’ll love you,

but still,

not in the way you want me to

i’m sorry...

you see,

my mother doesn’t like you,

but she doesn’t really like anyone

so that’s more of a compliment than if she did

it doesn’t matter if she likes you or not, anyway

cause _i_ like you

and that’s what’s important, right?

i’m _your girl_

__

“why dont you let me worry about _my girl_, ok?”

smiling, giggling, kicking my feet

because you feel safe

i’m not scared, i’m not worried, not when i’m ta...

my roots are buried deep in the grounds

of the amazon rainforest,

yanked up and skinned

prepared for the american society

i was born in chicago

but i dont remember a thing,

only knowing that it snowed on my birthday

my roots are buried deep in maryland,

where i’ve lived for most of my life

but i feel no loyalty,

no strong desire for crabs

(maybe some old bay, though)

my roots are buried nowhere...

“what the hell is going on?”

a ray of blank stares, all around the room

fidgety and guilty and someone’s crying

but i’ve never seen them before

“what’s going on?”

the woman with scary eyes and a face i don’t know walks up to me

“do you remember my name?”

“get away from me”

i’m scared

“im your mommy. do you remember me?”

“why am i here? let me go! let me go let me go let me go!”

shaking and sobbing...