poetry

star ceilings (a note)

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When I was a kid my favourite place to stay the night was my grandmas house in Edgewood. The bedroom I stayed in was magical. My grandma had arranged plastic glow in the dark stars on the ceiling in the image of the galaxy. I don’t remember if it was very accurate, but I remember wishing on a different star every night. Even when I was younger I had a hard time sleeping. At my grandmas house I would just count the stars until I fell sleep. Now I just count the things I am thankful for and the people I love.  

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silence

your weapon of choice

you don’t use your voice

what can words do for you?

was anything you said, true?

you always listened with your heart

but in the end its what drifted us apart

 

treble clef endings

 

i have to ask, could you feel it too?

our heart beats colliding with the roof

 

don’t act like i’m nothing new

as a teen you dreamt of this too

 

still thinking about your chest

i honestly try to forget the rest

 

you kissed me in your car that night

we knew we did something not right

 

fuck it felt so perfect to me though

you knew it too after our kiss, i know

 

here i am still writing about our time

also wondering why you are not mine

gem stone hearts

 

Sticking to your cheek

Stick to my side

I adore you so much

To you I can’t lie

 

I want to feel protection

Hold me so close

Believe me when I say

I care for you the most

 

Grasp my hips meaner

Show me in strength, you care

Sometimes I feel less loved

I’m not sure you’re aware

 

You are so strong

I know you don’t see it

But you try so hard

We know you won’t quit

they don’t know you like i do

 

i saw the fear in your eyes

i watched her tell her lies

you said you could handle it

(later you asked me to drive home)

 

you taught me stick

i already forget

but your hand grasp around the wheel

(well that i always keep in mind)

 

i know if someone

spoke my name to you

you’d freeze up and say

‘i’m sorry, who?’

 

i see right through you

(i always have)

 

popcorn ceilings

 

popcorn ceilings

our hands covering my heart

1 2 3 4against your cheek

please lets stay like this

 

cowboy shoulders

a grip with no regret

you make my mind whirl

can’t we stay like this?

 

don’t forget my name on your lips

or they way your fingers grasp my hips

 

stay with me now

and always