love poems
Listen now, and listen closely. My mother wakes at dawn daily To give me a glass of milk This milk my fathers brings Every afternoon Listen now. If you must leave, leave me with the love I have turn it to grief and something bittersweet– your memories larger than you There’s no other life, and no other you All things soft and gentle and lovely left when you did Second hand grief, you don’t owe me, you don’t need to stay i will leave a rose anyways, they barely last a day Listen now Love poems are easy to write Eyes and hands and dark hair Relative to god Relative to the heaven i saw once slow-dancing alone, and phantoms Dance right along where you should be foolish girl, terrible girl, girl with no mouth love poems to all and none to me i could’ve asked you to stay, You could’ve looked back once but we went our ways and now i have this grief do you think of me, do you carry what i do? Listen darling Dearest, love poems are easy to write it is awful, it perseveres it is so stubborn, Irrational and stupid and hopeful love poems are easy my mom always picks up every call, and there are a few stars out tonight Almost as bright as your honey eye almost mimicking your sunshine smile listen now– i can’t leave it unsaid, i can’t write another letter i’ll never send Darling, my dearest– i wouldn’t be me if it weren’t for you. love poems are easy, it is the grief later with no words.




“love poems are easy,
it is the grief later
with no words”
I-
Girl you are sooo down bad
just made me realise how many poems and time I have spent writing about people who don’t think of me. devastating !! but beautiful !! thank you