His black coat stains
into the night.
— Margeaux
-
our history
The muscles in my face,
so used to being stuck in place
as the scowl i forgot they formed,
loosen when I think of you.
this brightness, who pulled me from the darkness,
unafraid even though I was of
what real life was and what
my life, our life, could be as
two people so naturally
becoming our history that
we look back on and say
weren’t we happy?
weren’t we real life?
weren’t we fighting
just to be together?and then one day
we’ll tell her everything
so she knows
who you and I were
before and after
we became we
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poke-a-dotted screen
her little prints
poke-a-dot my screen,
swiped and circled and
reminding me of
her heels
swinging
over
toes
to the joy
of using
daddy’s ipad
-
the circles you’d trace
you got me thinkin’ ‘bout you
while i’m sittin’ here,
workin’ on a dresser f’r
the one you told me would be.
and I miss your eyes, that smile,
and the circles you’d trace while I got tired
of following your nails removing the days
from this old head thinkin’ ‘bout
all those thoughts I can’t remember now.and all I hear is laughter
when the music finally ends,
and lord I wish you’d have met her;
she reminds me so much of you:
ready to rumble and dainty all the same.
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holding you in my eyes
holding you in my eyes,
breathing deep
to take you with me,
but
there’s too much
talk on my lungs,
and I can’t take in any more.
-
we three
we three
fighting against
the currents,
like we want
to get to tomorrow,
when we’ll be looking back on today
and our lives will be fixed, with all
of our mistakes forgiven or
pushed out from our memories
by all the smiles
and laughter
and patience
I
wish
I
gave
you
more
of
while
you’re
still
young
enough
to
remember
how
to
be
happy.
-
I got all I need
I got all I need
to be what I want
in this world
in this worldI got me and she and she
(I got her and her and me)
in this world
in this world
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I am so proud of you.
you remind me very much of
those days i smiled without
needing a reason to—yet
I remember more
the times I scolded you,
told you to change,
told you to be better,
told you to listen,
told you so much
but gave you nothing to grow with.I am so proud of you.
I am in constant awe
of who you are and
who you will be
when i’m not
around but will still
smile with you.I am so proud of you.
you bring this world
a light, so
keep shining;
keep being you.