Whiskey Words

Got tired of being a faceless daughter, so I became a poet.

& because you aren’t here (won’t ever, again, be here) to cover my mouth, I’ll confess, out loud, my love, so maybe perhaps, you will hear me & join me, here where the sun is sweet against the water & because I love you, I will gut this distance with nostalgia, because grief can taste of sugar if you run your tongue along the right edge,

“When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.”

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”

“Did you ever feel, as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren’t using - you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?”

“You only really wanted me when your life felt empty. And I wanted you in rush hour traffic, a room full of people, even through all the noise.”

“I mustn’t look at you too much, or I won’t be able to take my eyes off you at all.”

“Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.”

“Don’t judge everyone else by your limited experience.”

“In this sea of strangers, I hope that the waves, Leads me closer to you.”