i barely knew you but you've opened my eyes to so many wonderful and beautiful things. you've brought people together. you're sitting up high watching us all fall so low. i've shared tears with your closest friends, i've recalled every instance that i remembered being with you ( Read more... )

this summer is coming to a close, and as much as i'm ready to get back to my usual life, i'm going to miss everything so much

the laughs, the beer bottles, the guitar, the patience, the beach, the other wild excursions, the fireworks, the drives, wasting money, swimming, dancing...

where did you go, summer 08

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stars rained that night ( Read more... )

you sit in front of me with your beatnik-looking sideburns, unchanged
your feet in my lap
smoke rising from between your fingers
naturally and softly disclosing information about yourself that i've longed to hear
and i have never felt so completely
trusted

i stared at you with your empty eyes ( Read more... )

i am void and filled
i am reborn

so a guy walks into my heart
(turns out this isn't a joke)

one of those lonely feelings: taking a mid-afternoon nap, waking up alone, still tired, and the late sun pouring into the windows

my hands are shaking!
and my eyes!
my eyes are shaking!
set up! set up!

when you're a lonely 18 year old, you try and configure every possible mathematical reason to which good things will happen to you. and then you realize you're alone, unlikable, and recyclable. you realize, you will stay that way, and no one will ever love you.