There.

Oh, suddenly
A punch in the stomach
And I'm there
Do you remember?
You're listening too
To the memory that ended too soon
You playing
Me singing
I can't breathe anymore

Calendar.

I knocked my calendar down today.

It fluttered down and fell open to May.

As I picked it up and put it away,

It seemed as though I had glimpsed yesterday.

Drifting.

Looking back
Looking forward
Looking down
I'm not standing
I'm drifting
I'm both here and there
Trying to breathe
Trying to focus

Trying to just

hold

on

Don't Look Down.

Hello world
Hope you're listening
Forgive me if I'm young

For speaking out of turn

There's someone I've been missing

I think that they could be

The better half of me

So many wars we've fought

So many things we're not

But with what we have

I promise you that

We're marching on

We won't break

We won't die

It's just a moment of change

So hear this now

Send this out to sea
Send it where you want it
You can take it note for note
Or not at all
There's no filling up your spaces
With fictionary places
Imaginary faces
They don't work at all

All this time 

We were waiting on each other

Got all these words

Can't waste them on another

And if we only live once

I want to live with you.

March.

So afraid of moving on

I hear his voice in my head

      "Change is life, darling."

Then why am I still waiting

For the fear to leave? 

Letters.

I look around me
And see all the beautiful people in my life.
They seem ordinary
On the outside
But dare yourself to look deeper
And you'll be amazed.

A wise girl with curly hair
I've spoken to her maybe twice
But she astonishes me
Because she looks younger than she is
But speaks older than she's lived

A tall girl with shy eyes
But there's so much more than that
Her words are few but her thoughts soar
She tries desperately to understand
The things most of us give up on
And I see those eyes on me often
It makes me smile, for I don't know why

A snarky boy who thinks he's blond
At first glance, he's all talk
Likes to sing and write
Oh, you should hear him
I listen to the words and have to blink
Who knew what was going on in that heart?
And I hear things about him that surprise me

A laughing girl with a wild side
Her friends are many and precious
But you'd never guess
How hard she's worked for them
The battles she's fought

A boy who can make anyone smile
Hard to understand sometimes
It's easy to see the costumes he wears
And to laugh at his endless jokes
But his heartbeat is an army drum
Because he's fighting to be himself
Which is funny
Because who couldn't love him
Exactly the way he is?

A boy with glasses and a longboard
Maybe the strongest of all
Hardly speaks, always listens
Always thinks
And he brings so much light to us
Out of so much darkness

A girl with beauty plain to see
Both inside and out
Because while she smiles less now
She still tries
For her it's like climbing a mountain
Every time you see that sparkling smile
Hardly blame her
I'd be gone

A sweet spirit of a girl
Everyone knows her as kind
Few know her as troubled
She swims out into the deep
With the faith of someone flying
And she always
Always
Holds on

A singing girl with long hair
She dresses like a different generation
Her song is there for all to hear
She's unashamed
Wise
We've all fought our wars
And she's no different
But she always has a hand reaching out

A quirky boy
You hear his name and laugh
We love having him around
Because he's so different
Did you know he stands on solid rock?
As the storm swirls around
He never doubts

A small girl who looks up to everyone
Her smile is the sun
She sits and listens hard
Touches others deeply

A girl clad in violet
She's a flower
Poking up through the snow
Soaking in the sun
I'm proud to know her
And you will be too

A girl with angel's hair
She echoes a fairy
A born leader with her share of fears
She keeps them in and keeps on talking
And she's come so far
Trying to be someone else
Her life is just beginning

A girl you'd pass right by
Or look right over
Because few take the time to know her
And when they do they realize
That she's unlike any other
How could they not have seen it before?
Well, I'll tell you something
She doesn't know that yet

A funny boy with a big heart
We all smile around him
He brings joy to any room
But to him it's something new

And how do I describe this one
You probably think you know him
Well, maybe you know his brilliance
Or his infectious laugh
But that's the cover of a long, incredible book
Chapters and chapters of a beautiful story
And somehow
I have the privilege
Of an occasional appearance

Oh, there are too many.
I've already gone on for much too long.
I could keep going forever
Writing about the intricate people
Who amaze me from near or afar
But I have to keep that all in my head, I guess,
And just smile knowingly to myself.

Still.

The rising sun
Is making
The saltwater
Sparkle.

And it's beautiful.

Faith.

You can't see the ground
But you know you're standing.

Print.

And voila
It's gone
A glint, really,
A bright flash
Something that was never really
Here,
After all

And we sit back
Rigid
Smiling our tears
All one of us

Tell me
Whisper in my ear
"It was."
Remind me
With
Ink
Pictures
A chord
A song

Let's wash away-
And leave behind
Meaning

F#m7.

It's a simple chord
But I swear it's special
Because there are two people in this world
Who can ride it back in time
To a million different moments

Glass.

How do you always know?

I guess that's what you are

My constant miracle

And I just wish I could find

A way to tell you

I can never say enough

Homesick.

I'm sleeping fine

But still fatigue is creeping in

Because time slows when I'm not home

The hours stretch

And I find myself living longer

I grow older than I should be

So close, but still so far.

Stolen.

We watch the season pull up

Its own stakes

And catch the last weekend

Of the last week

Pictures.

Perched on a branch
Eyes on the sky
You spread your wings
And you take flight

Frozen in place
A room was once yours
Saying goodbye
Like never before

Growing up now
For everyone else
Trying so hard
Not to lose yourself

Dark green sofa
A cup of tea
You sit at your keyboard
And you hope to be

Halfway.

I hope you laugh
I hope you cry
I hope you see
Through to the other side

More.

The sun is setting again.
Wait a minute.
How-

You'd think it's just an ordinary day, but for that it was more than a dream.

Statue.

Because if you're going to be a lost cause,
Then it's you and me both, kid.

-Theresa- Meteor Shower.

  She walked out and he was there, waiting.  There was plenty of room on the trampoline for two.  Grinning, she climbed up and lay down next to him.  He took her hand to hold her steady, though they were merely lying there.  She looked into his deep brown eyes, deeper than the oceans of stars above them.  His face was bathed in the light of the brilliant moon.
  "Look at them," he said.
  She averted her gaze and saw clusters of diamonds hanging in the sky.  Pure, white light emanated from them; had they been any closer than a billion miles away, they'd have been blinding.  It was as if angels had left a trail of dust in the air.  And if you watched long enough, one of those sparks would fall to the earth below, followed by its companion, as they chased each other out of the sky.
  "Do you see Orion's belt?" he asked her.
  Theresa blushed.  "I couldn't tell you.  The only one I know is the Big Dipper. . . .  And I can't even find that."
  Jonathan stretched out his pinky and his thumb.  "Take about that distance below the moon, look to your left, and . . ."
  A smile broke out on Theresa's face.  "I see it."
  They lay in content silence together.  After a while, Jonathan started telling a story about a time when he had been on the beach, watching two girls try to surf.  They were so pitiful that, even though he'd had one surfboarding lesson in his life, he went up to them and told them that he was a certified surfboarding instructor.  They completely believed him, so with that, he gave them lessons on how to surf.
  Theresa couldn't stop laughing.  She tried her hardest not to wake the neighbors, but that was a difficult task.  It felt incredible to laugh so hard.
  "I thought I knew you," said Jonathan.  "At least four months ago, I thought I truly knew everything about you.  I would never have guessed that you hide so much from everyone.  That laugh, for instance.  I'd bet anything that only a few people in this world get to ever hear your laugh- your real one- and here I am, enjoying it long into the night."
  Theresa turned to him, stunned.  He'd spoken piercing truth.  And she didn't even realize how much she hid away.  Tears suddenly threatened to spill over.
 "I see your eyes," said her companion.
  But when she glanced at him, he wasn't looking at her.  His eyes were fixed on the stars.
  Theresa followed his gaze, and they fell back into beautiful silence.  But she couldn't prevent the tragic irony of her next words.
  "I don't want it to end."
  Jonathan sighed.  "Neither do I.  But the sun is rising."
  Theresa shut her eyes.  "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
  A pause.  "I don't know," he admitted.  "But I wish you were here.  It's magnificent."
  Theresa's eyes flew open.  The space next to her was empty and cold.  Her heart twisted as she realized it had been so this whole time.
  "Goodbye, Theresa," said Jonathan over the phone.  "And I promise you this:
  "I'll see you soon."

Love Letter.

I'm writing a love letter to summer

Knowing it won't write back for a year

I'll miss you, long days and starry nights

We truly had the best of times

And now we have the best of memories

So here goes: Goodnight, my everlasting love.

Hayley.

She stands like a war-torn city
Afraid to let trust seep in
And this is such a hard one to write
Because she's gone.

Will I ever see her again?
A bright flash of lightning is what she was
A shock and a brilliance we didn't expect
And she's the strongest thing you've ever seen,
And like lightning I loved her.

She smiles but shows her scars
And we all know she's come so far
Her story is unfinished
And God gave me the love to be in one small chapter.

The dark dyed hair
Maybe too much skin and makeup
Always shouting and screaming
Because no one's ever listened before
And it's why we love her.

She's wild but her eyes see hope
The sun is rising behind them
And while this may be goodbye for a while
Prayers will remind her that she's never alone.

Rendezvous.

I'll meet you at the treehouse in my dream

And we'll sing long into the night

Looking up at the stars

And in my dream

It will be infinite

Words.

So this is what I have to do
I have to write a poem for you

Because the moments themselves are so
Magnificent
And breathtaking
And
And I try
But the words slip through my hands

They float away
To join the stars
And at dawn I find them scattered in the grass
And I gather them in my arms
And I wrap them up
For you

It was better than all my dreams.
Is there any way I can begin to thank you?
And I'm still singing your song
And my flowers are by my window
And I still have a dime in my pocket
Would I forget?

By the way
I saw your note
And it was like the most beautiful ending to summer
And you always have words
And I promise I kept my promise
Thanks to you

They come flooding in now
The memories
And I want to jump off that dock
And I keep looking for your eyes to see me
And I miss your strong hand holding mine
Wet with our tears

And they're gone.

So this is what I have to do
I have to write a poem for you.

This Day.

This day
I pack away
Folding clothes and belongings
Into a small space

Tomorrow
When the sun is high
I'm leaving
Going to live somewhere else for a while

Going to laugh,
Going to cry
Going to hook arms with my family
Together we'll learn and smile

This day
As I pack away
I bump into the girl
Who was here, one year ago today

Messy hair
Untouched face
She doesn't notice me
But I am frozen in place

Don't stare.
What should I say?
Would she hear me?
So I step away.

And she looks up,
Looks straight through me
Doesn't know what's coming
Would she want to see?

Life
Carries on,
So this girl will sleep tonight
And wake to a beautiful dawn.

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And when I said I loved that song

It was a message

And aren't you so good

At code?