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The One Who Got Away
I was eight years old,
and everyone around me was dying.
I wish I was younger so then I wouldn't
understand what war was.
Now I'm twenty-six,
and everyone around me is dying
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The Girl with the Polaroid in her Phone Case
The girl with the Polaroid in her phone case
is the one I want to kiss.
The girl with the Polaroid in her phone case
doesn't even know I exist.
The girl with the headphones that mess up her bangs
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Second, third, and hundreth chances
I've seen how this goes before,
Over and over—
I paint your unclouded skies with gray,
I'm the rain in your more-than-perfect day.
Who was the idea you had of me?
Her mascara wasn't running down
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Hello Winter
Hello Winter,
I see you through the light
peaking through my curtains.
Your white blankets every living thing.
But Winter,
When will you comfort me,
Wrap me up like a present,
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i'll stay forever
Every day, I sit and stare
at you talking about what others consider nonsense.
I'd call you a wordsmith,
Staged-like words flowing off the tip of your tongue.
I hunch in the corner of the group,
Loves
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And the Message Said
I got a very old text message today.
I remember when it was sent many yesterdays past.
It dropped down from the top of my screen in a little box,
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at home on a winter's night
The thick night cloaks everything and the snow follows suit
a delicate dance, welcome
after two years of rainy Decembers.
My room is cold even though
the heat is blasting, so I sit
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To Emily
In Amherst's shade, where whispers grow,
You stitched the seams of all we know,
A bee's soft hum, a slant of light,
Became the fabric of your night. -
A Palmful of Metaphors
I’d like a palmful of metaphors,
Ones to use every time
I put a pen to a page,
To plant in my heart
And become submerged in my hope,
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A Silent Song
Tell me you love me, that you will never let me go
Treat me like you’ve found me after I was lost in the snow
Put me on a pedestal like we are in a show
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Online
Preach about showing it all
To let yourself be bare and raw
It's just a trend, it's just a phase
You'll forget about in the next few days