Kyra Elise

Kyra Elise Sep 2014

This one's for you my friend,
who sits alone
and is perfectly content.

This one's for you my friend,
who sings along
to their favorite songs.

This one's for you my friend,
who prays
for love to come their way.

This one's for you.

There's no promise of true love
to sweep you off your feet,
and there's no promise
that someone will notice your
god-awful day as you sit,
and there's no promise
that someone won't tell you
that you can't sing.

But please,
keep hoping for that true love,
because nobody can take that away.

And please,
keep singing to your
songs, your singing is
beautiful.

And please,
don't be afraid to say
that you are lonely
every once in a while.

Everyone struggles,
that's life,
now come here and sit.

I care, I'll listen, I'll try to help.

Kyra Elise Sep 2014

*****-up

I said one thing,
that at the time I had no clue meant so much.

I told you something
that I felt was true.

And I didn't even think
that it meant so much to you.

You remembered my words,
two years later.

Thank you,
for making me feel
like I did one thing right.

Because some nights
I sit and I tear myself apart
searching
for something that I didn't
***** up.

And now,
I can say
there's one thing
I haven't.

Kyra Elise Sep 2014

I'm Proud of You

We dated,
it was weird,
I could tell something was wrong.

You said goodbye,
I did too,
and I felt so confused.

I didn't mean to not feel,
you just weren't the one,
then sometime we started talking again.

And then I found out
why.

You began by saying
you had a secret,
a deep, dark one that no one could know.

And for hours you tested me,
made me swear
to never tell.

Then you said it.

And everything made sense.

And now look at you,
opening up to the world around you,
looking at the hopes I have for you,
I am proud of you.

I am proud of you.

I am proud of you.

You have so far to go,
but you've come so far already.

I love you,
but platonically,
like a brother,
the one that I never had
to look up to.

So thank you,
and remember,
I love you
and I'm proud of you,
so very proud.

To a dear friend and all that he has gone through in the past two years, thanks for being there when I needed a shoulder and thanks for everything you've taught me about life.

Kyra Elise Sep 2014

Love

It dances to life on my fingertips
as I drag them across your skin,
and on my lips it sits
until yours return.

It runs through me
when I think of you,
and when I look longingly
into your eyes.

It carries beauty
and passion,
and hope
and light.

For two people
who were both
ready to flee into
the dark,
we've made it
quite far.

I think
you should be proud
to stand
where you are today,
far from the edge of
death,
where we both
keep each other
safe.

Kyra Elise Sep 2014

He is beautiful

His eyes glow and dance
before my face,
his lips bring
sweet relief
to mine,
and his arms
hold me together,
even on the worst
of days.

Now tell me,
what
did I do
to deserve him?

He is beautiful.

Who am I
to have him?

Who am I
to call him
mine?

Kyra Elise Sep 2014

Look, just a little closer

Have you ever been
in love?

So much so
that every
breath
you take
is
for
them?

And every second
you think
of them?

And when you're sad
you say
I wish
we could be together
right now,
all of the time,
forever?

I have.
I am.

Kyra Elise Sep 2014

Sometimes

Sometimes,
when the world is just a bit too much,
I crawl
to the technology around me.
Hoping
to find another life to live.
A life
that is unfamiliar,
A story
that is fun to tell,
Something
other than being
myself.