the truth

the truth

you never wanted the truth, did you? i read you like a book; loose spine and worn pages, you were easy to decipher. you would rather settle in a cesspit of lies, coddle yourself on your own demise, but i won't let you, i won't allow you to do anything but rise ✨

you should have

you should have

you should have held me close, before i learned how to fly. i am gone now, dreaming in the sky. every cloud greets me with easy smiles and riddles both curious and sly. every bird swims with me, soaring through riptides and horizons dyed in sienna and goldenrod. you were foolish to love me and [...]

meant to be?

meant to be?

were we meant to be daffodils caught in a tree? floating endlessly? tangling in the stinger of a bee? i could never tell because you meant more to me; your smile having me list these silly things ✨🌙 @amateur_poet