he slept a summer by my side by Emocinderella, literature
Literature
he slept a summer by my side
in june,
i crashed your car
into the back of a truck
and caused a four car pile-up
i remember the windshield shattering,
the car filling with smoke
and being unable to get the door open
i also remember
seconds before
when i could have sworn
i saw isaac
in the car exiting the highway
i should not have looked twice
i guess that's how karma works
but you stayed with me.
also in july
we lived together
we slept in the same bed,
and you cleared a couple drawers for me.
i said, "isn't this strange?"
but you didn't think so.
oh and we had a gym routine
most nights we curled up
on the couch and you educated me
on jerry lew
my hands are cold
and my god,
why are you so far away?
i loved this city
but maybe that's just
because you were always
on the other side of it
and now
i have that
flight-or-fight
response
each time my mother
asks me if i'm really
going to eat that
so i drive and i drive
and i drive
i sing out loud to the radio
some power ballad,
pounding my hand on the steering wheel
and telling myself
to breathe inward deeply and exhale
but i can't do it
i can't live with people who don't want me
i can't stay in this city with no opportunities
i can't be here any longer
nowhere is far enough away
when you are nowhere to b
i know why this happened.
it was bad karma,
i deserved it.
it happened because
of the distance,
because X miles of land
is too far
for love to stretch.
and the age difference:
you were too old
and arrogant,
i was too young
and naive.
it was because
i needed too much
reassurance
that we were okay,
and you felt that was
a waste of effort.
i know why you are leaving,
it makes perfect sense.
but
there was no explanation offered
when you said
you don't love me anymore.
don't forget me.
my weakness
is your name
the sound of your voice
your clark kent jaw
which occasionally i like to be scruffy
winter is so cold without you.
i am waiting for
warmth and sunshine again
for that first day
when i can step outside
in a sundress and be okay
then you'll come home to me
and i will never
never
never
let you go again
i will follow you anywhere
if i must.
i'm not a cheat
but i tend to stray
my eyes wandered
and my lips a little
and i fluttered my eyelashes
but that was before,
before i knew
you are mine to keep
and i am yours
and that's the way it is
so i will learn to be what you nee
Once upon a time,
There was a little girl who loved to dance. She practiced very hard in her dance class, and would dance for hours and hours. This always made her very happy.
There was a young man in her class who sometimes would help her with her dances. He would lift her high in the air so she could feel like a beautiful swan. She, of course, grew to love the man very much.
She thought of him as her prince, and wanted to dance a pas de duex with him so very badly. She said to herself, "I will love him until I die and no one else."
However, the man was much older than she, and did not see that even as a little girl she
i love you
in the way
that keeps me awake late at night
and makes it difficult to write anything
makes me want to run away to another city because
being so breakable scares me
and when i'm with you
i'm happy
but still i'm unhappy
and a little unsure
when i'm away from you
it's the same
but worse.
i just thought you should know
that i can't imagine life without you
but sometimes i don't want you
at all
because i know she might always be around
that your bed isn't all that comfortable
nor is your arm
when i sleep on it
but somehow
i sleep peacefully
most nights i want to say goodnight
twice
your eyes are pretty
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