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...
Looking at that picture in my yearbook, the one of us, from January, in the science lab,
You can’t see the pain behind my s… I know something’s wrong, talk to… I can’t tell you I love you. It’s obvious, the way you act arou… You think I don’t notice you.
Tonight I thought about you The way your face would shine. You used to always tell me That you would forever be mine. But all that changed, late one nig…
She’s alone, none of her friends k… She cries tears of blood when she’… She hides her feelings, sometimes… And she keeps it in when she’s mad… No one else knows what she’s been…
Renegade, rebel without a cause, rock goddess, Friday rocker, Saturday superstar,
When can I see you Again? We only meet in the Hallways And outside before or after
Come on, baby I’ll wait on you, try to run, try to hide, there’s a killer
They said, broken wings, shattered dreams, fractured heart. I said,
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…
My first crush moved away, the summer before third grade, but I didn’t cry then. My parents beat me up,
If only I’d known when I met you, that I would have fallen in love then. If only I’d known
What did you think I was doing al… You never knew, although you sat r… It was all for you, but you wouldn… You never saw me cry, or at least… You could have helped me, you were…
Lighting the matches Sneaky arson at midnight Watching houses burn. The loudest silence No one talks, or even moves
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,
Making it hurt, making it bleed, until I feel nothing at all. I just want