Four Poems
Inspire Me
You slip through me every time I try to hold your hand
But that won’t keep me from trying again and again
You’re brighter than the sun itself
I’ll fly to you even if I’ll melt
Call me Icarus, that will do
Cause baby I am a fool for you
Or maybe you can call me sappy
But all I wanna be is what makes you happy
Buttercup
I still get a little starstruck
When you smile like that I just can’t help this buzz
It’s like “U” and “I” were meant to me “US”
Starlight
I still lay awake at night
Cause your laugh stays stuck in my mind
All the time
Cancer
There’s not much left of you with me
Maybe just a blur within my memory
I can’t recall the last time we’ve spoke
When neither of us felt like we would choke
And when you said goodbye
I promised I would be fine
You told me you would stay safe
Here we stand scratched-up face to face
Just as we said, back in July
Nothing has changed between you, them, or I
Your heart speaks a language I don’t understand
Saying you’d simply rather hold my hand
It wouldn’t be fair to say you don’t care
But was it love that was really there?
The moon hasn’t risen since you’ve been away
And your voice gets foggier everyday
I hate to say it, because you’re what I live for
But I just keep forgetting more and more
Nothing will kill this love
Though, it might have as many craters as the moon above
Wrench
Most nights I think a lot about loving you
I think about the shitty couple things we could do
Most nights are spent with you filling up my head
I begin to wonder if I should charge you rent
We are still only friends
True best friends until the very end
We are only partners in crime
Up until the very end of time
How can you be so honest, though I am a liar?
You always cool me down even when I’m on fire
How can you be so damn cute?
Especially when I don’t expect you to
We are still only friends
True best friends until the very end
We are only partners in crime
Up until the very end of time
If I finally pushed you to walk out that door,
Will you tell me that I am a chore?
If I finally pushed you back to the floor
Will you tell me “I love you” once more?
Will you tell me you love me once more?
Color and Electricity
I want it to go away.
You’ve given me breath in my lungs
Warmth in my veins
Water in my eyes
Electricity in my mind
But the oxygen rusts my iron body
The blood runs thick and heavy
These tears are shorting out my circuits
And my CPU is about to go haywire
You and I are just dancers in the dark
Never to see each other clearly in the light
So why don’t we make a spark
And let it all burn so bright
Leave it all behind
I could cut the world in two
Even turn back time
I’d do it all for you
You would wait for me
Well, I would too