worth

you don’t need to prove a thing
I’ll tell you over and over
that no matter what
you do
but mostly, no matter what
you don’t do
you still matter

Love

Love
is easy
to understand
when it’s deserved.

Independence

Sometimes
All I want to do
Is make pretty spaces
Where I will sit
Feeling clean and together

the secret

I’m beneath the streetlight watchin’
his shaking hand
as he laughs
at me
I don’t get it
but I don’t feel alone

oh, to fly

feeling especially helpless
a whisper about a bird
and all I can think is "flighty"
not the good things

wishing for travels to far-off places
away from overcast skies, from routine
I don’t mean to be cliché
but don’t caged birds sing?

finding salt and wind and light
maybe that moment when I cried at breakfast
will follow me

those stolen sunglasses--your trophy--rested near
your plate of eggs and hash browns
while I meant to study biology
that casual lounging position of yours
my gaze was fixed on the door

wishing for travels
finding salt
feeling helpless

they say hindsight is twenty-twenty

Well,
My goodbye cookies were in hand
Your arms were outstretched, so happy
Why did I wear a skirt?
I knew the moment I hugged you I failed

empty nearness

but when you’re murmuring in my ear
it’s blurry

how was your day?
smoking and sitting
eating fancy, a guitar to strum, a porch and an old dog
habit
that unavoidable hollowness
of jazz and cards,
of smelling your breath,
of looking you solidly in the eyes
of burning skin
filtering words: a sophistication I cannot enjoy

when I’m sitting far away
it’s clear

undone

can’t this be easy?
snow falling
late tangles and thoughts
overly bright light
parking signs
cheerios

I think you’re beautiful
even with all your half truths
I still find you.


please,
please see that

interested in: girls, xbox

six days in the interim
a drawn out cadence
fueled by downs and loneliness
needy clockwork

three, max
probably closer to two
and i apologize for everything, God
but really nothing

five nights in a row
pictures and sound drone
cause i'm too stressed, i guess

and constant
sleepwalking

helpless and new

a friday night, fading and frail
details melting
but that feeling's still ours

i was helpless and new
so you taught me

swaying to an unheard beat
wordless breaths
hearts near
and your eyes brighter than ever
in the middle of a parking lot

I just want to listen

when I was near
enough, oh, I remember that time like three
years ago
to get used to the smell of
your clothes
was my goal

It was when I really liked something
knew my goals

so weird to be sipping cocoa
with you
now, weary
of life, hunting dreams
me, giving them up
now, living