I tattooed my petals over your skin

structured myself into those bones

breathed in deeper than my soul stands

filling your lungs with love

and giving us life,

the softest chaos forever imprinted

in between

the crimson threads

Heartbreak had me kissing other people to get over you

I fell in love with too many ghost of you

I became a haunted house

Too spook

With the thought of start over

Too afraid of cobwebs of memories

That were

Edited to

Not see

The brokenness in every glass you shatter

Inside of me

I tried to turn your spells into lyrics

Thinking

I could

Pull you from the graves of

Under tow

And resurrect all the good moments

And leave all the darkness

And anger

Buried in coffins of scrapbooks

And I be lying if I didn’t bend over bodies

And try to resurrect

You through them

Searching for

Someone like you

See lips

Are the same on every body

But they all smelled like charcoal

And empty catacombs

That lack substance

just walking Cadviers

I became a coroner

Them asking

Why did I our love die

So fast

I can’t bring myself

To say

You

Ever tried to love a dead thing back to life .....

Mourning you

Was like loving you in every person I fell for

and you are dead to me love

Our world turned upside down,

I sat in the unrelenting cold.

As the ivory flakes cascaded,

I was left without anyone to hold. 

It was dark, it was dreary,

even though it was bright outside.

Roses slumped in the crystal vase,

the color leeched out as they died.

We solemnly listened to the radio,

as it sat on the ivory mantle of frost.

In all its brokenness, it played

soft songs that had once been lost. 

And in all my darkness, I heard

the nostalgic, hushed guitar strings,

that I followed on a dark desert highway,

that gave my frozen heart wings.

They brought back memories of you,

Through a shimmering light.

For I finally thought to myself,

I felt free of the velvet night.

I remembered how I loved you,

and fell for the look in your eyes -

cerulean like the dark sea,

magnetizing like the sunrise.

So I hoped, with all my soul,

that somewhere, by strings of fate,

you'd hear this lonely song, 

and know that it's you I await. 

because we had been here before,

Frozen under a single light.

I missed your deep blue eyes, 

in this monochrome sea of white.

My love, the radio whispered,

and I thought of your heartbeat.

As I had heard it a year ago,

leaving me painfully bittersweet.

I never meant to love you,

but the moment you smiled, 

I, unequivocally, knew I would - 

to the darkened edges of the wild. 

Some dance to remember, 

some dance to forget,

but we danced to love,

no bleeding moments of regret. 

So now whenever that song plays,

I think of you and a never-ending December.

I only hope, when you hear these strings, 

wistfully yet in love, you remember.

baby girl,

heart of glass,

I’m sorry.

Your heart sits unmoving in the coffin that is your chest,

the creak of rotting wood and old hinges,

keys hidden from the boy who tried to break you,

kept on a chain at your throat like a noose,

wrapped in paper scrawled with a promise to never love again

written a hundred times over

(and over and over)

reckless boy,

heart of ash,

why did you do it?

Your hands are shaking, even now, unfit for a glass heart-

and I know you thought she could fix you,

thought she would see the flames in your eyes

but she shattered as you burned away

leaving two empty husks in the field behind the church

crashing against one another, primal and violent and free

(with nothing behind the eyes)

falling

yearning for proximity

longing for your approval

carving every moment

into my soul

into the margins of my notebook

the forefront of my brain

etched out

in flowery cursive

“today, you smiled at me”

being

syrupy sweet

thick like a fog

breathe it in

sigh it out

a kiss

a hug

a glance

we share a smile

or a short chuckle

and all is right in the world

landing

the lights have dimmed

a smile just isn’t enough anymore

the butterflies settle

the flowers wilt

the hearts sink deep into the earth

the world cools

chills

freezes over

our souls weep

i watch his eyes, dark and brown, as he lights a match,

the flame reflects and i can barely make out

the caramel tint that is only visible in the sun,

the eyes that look at me so fondly when i tell him

how beautiful he is for the sixth time that day

i watch his hands as he hovers the flame

over the wick of the apple cinnamon candle

he bought for me because he knows its the

only scent i will burn in my room, the hands

that trace my skin while i read my favorite

books as he watches my expressions as if my face

is telling the story to him

i watch his lips as he blows the match out

and lets the smoke travel where ever it wants,

the lips that are always soft and eager to kiss me

when we stop at red lights or before we go

to bed or when he comes home from studying

at the park because i distract him with too

much affection, he doesn't have the strength to resist

You are hopelessly attractive...

the sound of your voice that soothes my anxieties

the look on your face when I talk about the things that I enjoy

the fact that you show interest in what I do on a daily basis

it's in the way that you laugh at my jokes, and sometimes at me

the way that you smile at me, as I try to figure out what you're thinking

or when you rest your head on my shoulder for no reason at all

when you do the things that I like with me even when you don't want to

or whenever you ask me to follow you and I usually say no, but I follow anyways

but sadly you're not mine

and you maybe never will be

so I hope she appreciates everything you do for her

and even though she's yours

you're still hopelessly attractive to me...

love is a concept

surrounding you and me

true love

fake love

puppy love

"i love you"

tossed around easily

it weighs nothing

right?

I don't think so

love weighs heavily

on

my

mind

will I find it?

does it exist?

am I capable of loving you

when I can't love myself?

Hollow out a chapstic container

Make a secret message

Decode a poem declaring love

And dream of stolen kisses

Pass notes during class

Coded and hidden

Promising your burning love

When you are only children

Holding hands under the table

Sharing your homemade lunches

Breaking off the made up romance

But never holding grudges