A two-person poem between me and a guy I like. Every first line is me, every second line is him.
(2013)
This is not about the first time we met, but about our first real conversation, in the science lab. This is what I thought he was thinking...
Come on, baby I’ll wait on you, try to run, try to hide, there’s a killer
Dancing in the night, Eating up what people throw in. It’s impossible for me To act like I’m invisible. I can destroy,
Renegade, rebel without a cause, rock goddess, Friday rocker, Saturday superstar,
You said I’m funny like that, but I know it’s not true, You’re only saying that so I’ll laugh,
Lighting the matches Sneaky arson at midnight Watching houses burn. The loudest silence No one talks, or even moves
Wyatt, I did so many things so you’d noti… I wore clothes I didn’t like, stuff I wouldn’t wear otherwise, but you still never looked over,
I can’t live without you, you’re the only reason my heart
If only I’d known when I met you, that I would have fallen in love then. If only I’d known
Looking outside, the angels come, rising out of the fire. I wonder where they’re from, as they rise higher and higher. Restless street, quiet night,
He’s laying, on the floor, next to him is an empty bottle of whiskey,
When can I see you Again? We only meet in the Hallways And outside before or after
He sat down next to me, I saw Spa… I knew then that Everything Has… Before, I was Invisible around hi… But Change has come, and he’s Min… I ended up in a State Of Grace.
It’s way too quiet without you her… The words of everyone, they don’t… They don’t seem to notice you’re n… I’m caught, their looks like a tra… You don’t care that I miss you, d…
Looking at that picture in my yearbook, the one of us, from January, in the science lab,
They say you can’t fight fire with… but I would. Because my flame would rise higher than yours could. Because you would be damned, conde…