Si cor meum erat, a libro, hoc est, quomodo legere

Ode to me

I wish for you to be someone
Who would cut off her own ears before she would strain to hear someone's love
I wish for you to be someone
Who only accepts apologies like Shakespearean plays
I wish for you to be someone
To grin at happiness in its imperfect beauty
I wish for you to be someone
Who holds love like diamonds
And records hate like strikes in baseball
I wish for you to be someone
Who kisses the person they love like they're the only person in the room
I wish for you to be someone
Who isn't scared of love
I wish for you to be someone
Who doesn't have a kiss as a form of kryptonite
I wish for you
To wear your wounds like gold
I wish for you to be someone
To take a floor length portrait of yourself
Smash it to pieces and step through the frame so you can see
Only you can capture your true essence
I wish for you to be someone
Understands that people are infinite
And for that reason
Take joy in being your next self
I wish for you to be someone
Who revels in the fact that beauty is only skin deep
Because you are so much more than your skin
I wish for you to be someone
Who embodies a goddess
A queen
A vision
Let say this to you in a different way
I wish you'd look in a mirror