when you sit by the ocean at night
i hope you think of me

i think of you

twinkling stars scattered across the vast sky
the spots and freckles dotted across your cheeks

the ebb and flow of the sea
the slow and steady beating of your heart against mine

glints of moonlight bouncing off the rocking waves
the flickering light in your eyes when you say my name

if i am an ice cube
you are a hot summer's day

if i am snow
you are spring's approach

if i am a glacier
you are global warming

you
melt
me

she liked tea with sugar and lemon
always smelled like peppermint soap
and her hair fell in ringlets around her shoulders
like a golden halo
her handwriting was neat and pretty
her eyes were dark and wide like galaxies begging to be explored
she was a pleasant girl

he dove into her seemingly infinite galaxies
and found out she was not as sweet and clean as she appeared
she was broken
from her split ends, paper cuts, and cracked skin
to the thoughts that flooded her brain at night

from a distance
the girl was spotless and confident
but when people got close enough
they realized that she was far from pleasant
and definitely not spotless (she was a mess)

her wholesome appearance attracted him
he fell
and found that she
was cracked