|a sappy love poem, filled to the brim with truth and whispered with fear of failure on my breath.|
Peach flavored fantasies and gravity defying kites
Fill me with helium, make me ever so light
You call yourself a crow but I've proven you're a dove
Your smile gives me hope I couldn't get from above
And I'm flying and free and happy at last
Balloons in my bosom and bubbles in my laugh
You make me so glad, do you know that?
What would I do without you?
Collecting sunlight like oxygen,
Photosenthisize my heart
They weren't kidding when they said love is in the air.
Send stars sailing down to your side,
Be the captain of this journey
My steering wheel can be your affair
I'll trace sonnets into the small of your back
Metamorphose love songs to bear your lightness
An aesthete soul, you are numinous
I know the meaning of beauty, it's your likeness
Even if your bones don't poke out of your soft skin
I can't measure your value or the wonder within
You are glory, the way you are,
Unprecedented and angelic by far
Pastel paintings are so similar to the lines of your veins
Like trees spreading their roots,
Water it by kissing in the rain
Pollinate your blood, you're sweeter than honey
You know how to keep me bumbling, buzzing
You're so alive, so vivid, so victorious
Always the apex of my arias
You're hidden in every stanza and every verse
You're my inspiration
Please lay your head on me, though I can't guarantee
I'll be fluffier than your pillow
But I'll keep you safe with my embrace
And no one will ever have to know
I'll shelter you from the storm in your own eyes
You do know storms pass, right?
The fog will clear, you're okay, you're here
Nothing will ever happen to you.
Collapse into my arms if need be
I'm here for you to lean on
Because, if I'm honest, you're like a dream
I'm but a catcher, I'll never be gone.
And even if you try to cut down your own trees
And even if your knees sometimes get weak
And even if you stray from the mapped path
And even if you puncture my lungs to make yourself laugh
And even if you need a playlist to bring you to earth
And even if you can't see your own worth
You can't shake me off, that's not how this works
I can't help but be drawn to you.
I wish I could give you happiness in a box
I wish I wasn't part of the problem
I wish I was stronger and braver and wiser
I wish I fought your demons, not just scare them
Off for a bit, they seem resilient
And there's only so much battling I can do for you
I hope that I bring out your inner warrior
I hope that I'm what you need
Because yours is not just any old story and
The universe is kept in your seams.
