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Riley Lavender Mar 2014
And then

without warning

without consideration

without my permission

every love song

was about you
Riley Lavender Mar 2014
Whenever I see an airplane
soaring through the sky
I want to be on it

I don't much care
where it's going

I just want
to go somewhere new
I want to travel
to a place where no one knows me
Where I can just get lost
in a sea of people
Where I can be
just another girl in the crowd
Riley Lavender Feb 2014
Your name
like a monosyllabic sigh
like the wind through the trees
Beating like a symphony
in my heart
Riley Lavender Feb 2014
What if
I'd said "hello" at that one party

What if
I'd stayed and talked to you at the bar that one night

What if
I'd made more of an effort to talk to you

What if
I wasn't so insecure

What if
I wasn't so shy around you

What if
I tried

What if
I started conversations

What if
I actually showed my interest

What if?

Would it change anything?
Riley Lavender Feb 2014
Have you ever heard your name
and not recognized it?

Do you ever have moments,
when someone calls you,
where you think they're talking to someone else?

Have you ever written your name
and just stared at it,
knowing something about it is wrong,
but you can't quite figure out what?

Have you ever seen your name on a screen
and thought you were on someone else's profile?

Do you ever introduce yourself
and feel like you're lying?

Has anyone else experienced this
or is it just me?
Riley Lavender Jan 2014
there is music
all around us

it’s in the leaves
and soft petals
as they dance to the beat of the wind

it’s in a ripple
as it glides across the surface of the water

it’s in the quiet
thump-thump
of a bird’s wings

it’s in the river
as the water trickles over pebbles

it’s in the playful notes
of a cardinal’s song

it’s in the breeze
as it whooshes through the grass

it’s in the
pitter patter
of your shoes as you bounce along

to hear it
all you have you have to do
is quiet your mind
open your heart
and listen
Riley Lavender Jan 2014
It'll never work
we both know
This love
has nowhere else to go

But one look
from those soft brown eyes
and I want to change my mind
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