i want our names in neon lights on top of the moon
i’m too attracted to you to trust myself
intoxicated by the spirit in your eyes
we wake –
the morning stillness trembles
tugging heartstrings – eyes following
this moment
suspended
centering me
balancing me
i used to be able to do this without you
its just that my lashes
they miss fluttering through yours
i think we choose our happiness before they happen
i think you think that too
you have me convinced opposites distract
creating senseless attraction
connecting dots from me to you
through the thin line of losing your mind and just simply being out of it
i could drink a case of you, and still be on my feet
you laugh because you think it’s a joke
i laugh because you think I’m joking
my days are genuinely greater
when they begin with
you
you give me that, against the rules touch
and once you’ve tasted what’s across the line
it’s hard to go back
you don’t want to go back
i had all the answers
then you smiled and changed all the questions
you don’t pretend to understand me and that is liberating.
making sense of run-on sentences
never apologizing for what makes our heart race
i’ve trained myself to let go of everything I’m afraid to lose
when we meet again, remind me that I am yours.
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I NEEDED to leave a comment after reading this poem. I can’t describe to you how amazing I think this is. I’m a writer as well, I love writing poetry and I just think this is awesome! The line: “i could drink a case of you, and still be on my feet”… perfect. So simple, so perfect.
I just had to let you know. You’re awesome.
Seems like
I just wrote this
on my heart
maybe tomorrow
he’ll read it
Thank you, Rachel… I’ve just discovered you, and shall now visit you often. Your words inspire me