the pebbles

even if i pretended to be confident and dismissive

but when she leaned in to kiss me

some is illegilble or smudged

we must have misread our fate

we weren’t forever or even half a decade

but im glad that i knew you

being your tidal pool

pull me in and push me out

and your goal is to shatter them youve decided

break me into shards that i cant see

to shine

and doomed

when they want me

to stop talking

they only give me the time of day

before you can marvel at the flowers

you have to climb a tree and scrape your knees

before you can enjoy the view

you have to get lost, feel out of place

there are too many people

excusing

rather than

like children

with cloying candy

let all the air in my lungs

bounce between the walls

I have put up

but I don’t

because shouting

but it was too foggy

we couldn’t see a thing

i’ve been trying to fill the trenches you left

your lips share the things we like to call “ours”

your undeniable beauty is something I adore

it turned out all wrong

it was too bitter

no matter how much sugar i poured

it didn’t fix it

it barely masked it

and if theres nothing youre willing to loan me