you give me fireflies
– butterflies rising
Read More →that sure kind of love…
that sure kind of love…
where jealousy has no resting place,
and doubt has no home
– butterflies rising
Read More →it’s just how i love…
it’s just how i love. i feel things
as brutally intimate as they can be felt.
– butterflies rising
Read More →all those pretty things…
all those pretty things…
the way you would say such
pretty things to me, i took it in like air,
but you were so careless with special things,
and it left me here…
so
unable
to breathe.
– butterflies rising
Read More →save yourself for people who always treat you in such a way…
save
yourself
for people who
always treat you
in such a way
that lets you love
yourself
– butterflies rising
Read More →a weak man’s crutch…
it’s time to come home…
that person whose
broken pieces fit into
your broken pieces isn’t the one
they may keep the bed warm,
but they’re keeping you from whole…
just pretending that being broken
feels like home
and you can only romanticize bad
habits for so long,
before the ache to yourself
calls you home
– butterflies rising
Read More →that place on the back of his neck: details, i love madly in details…
that place
on the back of his neck
where my fingers fall
when my arms are wrapped around him
…that place.
details,
i love madly in
details
– butterflies rising
Read More →unwavering…
the alchemy in poetry…
and when
i write this out,
this isn’t to remember you…
it’s to take it away
from you,
i’ll take all these feelings i felt
and i’ll make art,
i’ll make something beautiful,
i’ll make something new
– the alchemy in poetry
– butterflies rising
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