It is untrue
that bravery can be measured
by a lack of fear.
It takes guts to tremble.
It takes tremble to love.

Let me also say I wanna make you sandwhiches,
And soup,
And peanut butter cookies,
Though, the truth is peanutbutter is actually really bad for you 'cause they grow peanuts in old cotton fields to clean the toxins out of the soil,
But hey, you like peanutbutter and I like you!

I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for dead than wondering what thunder sounds like.

The trauma said, ‘Don’t write these poems.
Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones.

Right now there’s a man on the street outside my door
with outstretched hands full of heartbeats no one can hear.
He has cheeks like torn sheet music
every tear-broken crescendo falling on deaf ears.
At his side there’s a boy with eyes like an anthem
no one stands up for.

That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.