Love is the sickness. Love is the cure.

Nights of chuckling After no jokes And Dancing without nerves Become me

Splattered you All over my body And flecks of skin Inside every crevice. I can’t get rid of you

The stars belong to both the sun And the moon Just as my heart does belong to yo… You may not see me, but I’ll be there.

Oh, such a sweet fool. I once thought love Was reigning savior. So, so foolish. I once believed love

Listening to you sleep, I’m in grace. Each breath a prayer. Every rustle a litany. You don’t know how loud you are

In seventh grade, I made you a po… But I tore it up into pieces Because it wasn’t good enough. In eighth grade, I made you a poe… But I left it under my bed

Spring into fall, And we’ve all hit a wall. Love comes quickly. Sometimes, it grows. Summer, then rain,

Why do I still feel guilty About things That are out of my favor?

Nobody can see the darkness in me, And when I go deep, I bring a flashlight to slash thro… The dark. I once used to frolic in light,

I remember how I cried When they cut down Our tree.

But I’m still a kid Only don’t tell my dad that. He’ll say, no, you’re not a kid And you haven’t been a kid in a lo… I guess that when I cry,

Can you hear it? It is the cry of the poor. Their howling curls inside of my h… It pains me as if I were one of t… But, I am.

Shambles: They hold my life together. I’m shredded into slices, Trying to hold it whole, And I wonder if anyone