(2014)
I know that you were there in my dreams and in my arms Every dream we
I wish you had told me that on the good days kissing you would make me think that I knew what happiness was and on the bad days
The hands of this watch haven’t moved since the last time you did and I’m not sure if I’m ready to hear the ticking
Everyone sees god in a different light but I was born without eyes
I was like a rain cloud over a small garden and dammit if you weren’t that garden so full of flowers that I fell in love
I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
My heart was paper now folded six times over to make it harder to tear I only hope that
Under the weight of life I forget how to breathe and I feel suffocated I hesitantly make peace with the world
I thought I could drink you away but I had to stop being so drunk on you first
Life is an uphill struggle Nothing comes easy and only hard work pays off I don’t like hard work was my 5 word protest
I’ve always been at the very least a little caught up on everything about you This idea of you
I hope this is postmarked before my death certificate is dat… but you’ll know why if it is or if it isn’t If you get this in time
I wrote this while thinking of you so I guess you could say this poem is eight years in the making
There is poetry in nature better left to be spoken wordlessly by the breeze
I see words screaming for attention etched in the lines of your face Let me look closer