Hardships in life are only
Speed bumps in the road;
You slow down as
You approach them
Because you know
It will be a bumpy ride,
But once they pass
You are back to
Your normal speed

There's so many things I want to say
Words dancing behind my lips
Tickling my tongue
Trying to escape the safety and silence
Of my mouth
But after everything that has happened
I know that I can't really let them go

I have never loved somebody the way I love you
I have never felt this much aching in my chest,
This much salt water in my eyes.
I have never been willing to open up myself and
Give every part of me to one person,
And felt perfectly fine with them being the
Only one,
For the rest of my life.

"We have nothing to talk about",
You say
As I curl up in the saddest position
In the dark and stillness of my bedroom

I feel as though my voice has been stolen;
My ability to love and be loved
Has been snatched right out of
My cold and now-empty hands

I want nothing more than to be happy
With you.
To live each day with you
As if it were our very last one together

But now it feels like every day I live
Is lived without you
And it feels like you don't mind it;
Not even one bit

I don't know what happened,
We just gave up
And I feel like there's nothing to say
But I know that I have a lot that I would like to

I think for now, I'll stay enclosed in my bed sheets;
The ones that no longer smell like you
Or have experienced your lovely presence

And maybe I'll read a book or exercise or
Find something to take my mind off the fact that
I don't know how to write poems
And I definitely don't know how to love you.

Look at us

We live day by day
Believing that we're not smart enough
Not happy enough
Not pretty, or skinny enough
We care so much about what people think,
That we do things like curl our hair
And wear makeup, and dress a certain way
Only to impress people who don't care about us.

We've grown up believing that beauty
Only exists on the outside,
Because that's where people can see it;
But we're wrong

We're worth more than the scars and bruises
That cover our naked bodies;
Worth more than the feeling of throwing up
Last night's dinner and
Worth more than lipstick and our
Tear-stained pillowcases.

Beauty exists on the inside
Where your heart is.
Society's idea of beauty is only
Superficial, only materialistic.

Beauty isn't hair or clothing
Or makeup or bodies;
Beauty is your dreams.
Beauty is your feelings
And your thoughts
And your goals.

Beauty is what you aspire to be,
But you already are it;
Beautiful.

We are worth more than
The people who think
We are nothing.

*We are beautiful.

No*

You can't just leave me
Whenever you please;

You can't run when I need you,
And expect me to stay
When it's your turn
To be sad

I want to give you a painting of a flower
Because I know it will never die

I want to take you to space and
Show you the stars, so that when I say
"I love you more than all the stars combined",
You'll see how many there really are

I want to stitch myself into your heart
So no matter where you go
I'm always with you,
Keeping you alive

I want you to know that you're
The most important thing to me,
And that if you never existed
You wouldn't have saved me

You're beautiful and magical and
Breathtaking and..
You're going to become something
So, so special

I would do anything for you

I want to throw a rope around the moon
And drag it back down for you
Just to show you how strong
You've made me

I know how to brave thunderstorms and lightning
Because you taught me that
No matter how hard or painful something might be
It will always be beautiful and okay in the end

I want you to know that you've taught me
So much more than I thought I could learn
That I've learned to climb mountains
And how to stop the rain

You saved me from myself
You taught me how to fight and you
Taught me how to learn
That's why I'm willing to do anything for you

Just say the word
And I'll be there;
I'll be in your heart
And in your soul

When you cry, I will be the soft tissue
Caressing your sweet face
And when you fall, I'll be the strong hand
To bring you back to your feet
And when you try to call out my name,
I'll be there before you can even finish it

Don't be afraid to love or to learn or to cry or to fall;
I won't ever leave you stranded
Or crying, or helpless,
Not knowing where to turn

Because I know,
You wouldn't ever
Do that
To me