Who is that pretty girl
clad in mascara
with her eyes looking down
upon whoever approaches?
Who is that girl?
Why does she look so familiar
when her eyes are out of focus?
That mane of long brown hair looks like
it would taste soft on my skin
For some reason
I feel she wouldn’t even
ask me to come in.
For some reason
unbeknown to me,
she smiles such a slight smile
that later,
she could deny that you’d seen
Why are there bruises on her arms?
That cold stare makes me wonder if
her chest holds a heart
Makes me wonder if
she knows
she looks like art
Not art, too generic
A human masterpiece
She looks like a tragedy
But more like blasphemy:
god-like, and it comes so naturally
She looks like catastrophe,
like a windstorm and thunder
I wonder just wonder
if maybe there’s something warm under
She faintly smells of perfume
Faintly, but it fills the whole room
What she says: “Do I know you?”
What she doesn’t: “You are staring”
Does she know the captivation
she is wearing?
Who is that pretty girl who
caught my eye and kept it?
Who is this girl
who changed my world perspective
in a way
it seems
she’s perfected?
Who are you, girl?
Why is your
identity
so protected?
1. soak up all the sun you can, lay in the middle of a road just so the sun will hit your back and the warmth will thaw away the worries about the test you just took.
2. don’t kiss the boy next door and expect him to take you out to lunch or give you rides to school.
3. stretch, reach for the stars and after you inclose them in your locket hands bring them back down to earth.
4. drink tea; cold, hot, unsweetened, sweetened.
5. go to that party, drink a lot and kiss lots of boys but wake up expecting the other side of the bed to be cold.
6. hold his fucking hand, place it on your heart, trace your scars with his fingers, let him know every part of you so that way when you think your heart is in your throat he can show you where it really is.
7. buy those jeans and wear them three days in a row if they make your ass look good, you might be out of detergent but you will feel good.
8. it’s ok to stay home because you’re having a panic attack, dont push yourself because when you are found throwing up or crying in the bathroom they will call home, because they care.
9. leave notes in someone’s locker, watch them smile and have an overall better day because of you.
10. if he breaks your heart, break eggs make cakes and browines.
11. write poetry that will help glue yourself back togther.
