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

Don’t cry Don’t cry Don’t cry Because it’s your birthday.

I’m falling apart beneath my smile… I grapple blindly for a rope To save myself from rising waters. I come up, lungs full of despair, And my parents cover my mouth

You don’t ask me to speak. You never expect my opinion. I was your second child In a runaway marriage. I suppose I loved you once,

I came back from a mortal hell, But on my way home, I saw no white god, And I saw no golden spirit, And I saw no true son.

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

You met me in the winter When I was a petal, Something you desperately wanted t… You loved me in the summer, Underneath the palm oil trees

The wind Loves To boast of Fickle love, But my

What you meant– What I meant When I said, “I love you.” What you meant to me Wasn’t what you said

You are the best thing Because things like that do not co… You are my moon and sun Because you make my days real. You are my best friend,

I feel that one never stops Loving their past loved ones. The nostalgia remembers all the Times when you slept in their bed, When you first opened up,

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

While you were gone, My childhood dog died. I wept for both of you, And I felt like a corpse. While you were gone,

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,