The Blueprint
I love you.
I don’t know you now but
You were formative to my identity
And set the blueprint for future relationships
All the things I liked then
Are still the things I like now
But I think it’s best we stop speaking
I like talking to you
But there are times I come off the phone feeling just odd
And I’m not a fan of feeling that way
she sells sea shells and storms
Which breaks first, the sea or the seashell? She cried over the storm, arms raised, wild hair flapping like a dying bird as unnaturally grounded as she was. She gripped the fragile, innocent thing-- too soon ripped from the sand-- to the sky like a sacrifice. It had edges as sharp as she did, and he could’ve sworn that droplets of blood were whipped away with the wind. She looked as close to a...
Never, Then
If you were to weaken and let me love you,Let that impulse last for longer than a day.A single day would bring me to depression,Furnish a despair too grave to forgive you For letting in my love then turning it away,Because the love I have for you Would have to be shared with youUntil it breaks or finds its way.Unrequited love (forever) would be better Than only a day with you;If my desire is to...