happy_the_dog

Every year the lines in her face deepen 

Her lips turn slightly thinner

And her hands somehow grow softer

Yet her laugh remains the same

Her smile still as wide

Even when you deny that you ever broke me

Just come see me at night and watch the tears streaming down my cheeks

Just listen to my heart slowly when your with her

Just see my eyes fill with questions 

"Please explain a tree,"

I ask, and before

The natural silence of pondering, 

The chirping of thought as woven melodies,

The rotation of gears churning into place,

They sit in the back of the bus,

the shimmer of secrecy ignited in their eyes,

her head in his lap, his hands in her hair,

her lips twisted in that sickening smile. My neck aches 

from looking behind me, and my

The snow is falling fast now

Thick flakes

Almost like you are alone in the world

Just your heartbeat

In time with wind flowing through the trees

Birds flit from berry bushes 

it's at that point of the week
when it all catches up to you

when tired fills your bones
and you can't fathom the weekend ahead
despite it being exciting

when you just want to sleep
no matter the world around