I just....I can't quite...um....
forget it. There's no intro I can type that'll adequately prepare you for the haunting intensity of this beautiful poem. Read it & literally weep (I did...).
Where our realities waited
Emma Jogerst
1.
you are everything all at
once
and I can see a thousand
lullabies
in your eyes
I die every time you look at
me
And the sky is weeping now
Every drop is a word I can’t
say
And when it kisses me the
fire
Blooms again and
if you were mine
I could be okay
2.
oh
but I’m not sure what I would
do to
have you touch me;
Burning into my legs
Because I’ve been waiting for
you
To come along and strip me of
all that I am.
Perhaps its suicide,
Perhaps I’m drowning,
Perhaps It’s hard to walk
barefoot into the water
When I’m already so cold
3.
baby, baby brother
my soul is too old
lets write a thousand
thousand tomorrows
we could burn brighter
as the earth becomes dimmer
still
and I would not shake when I
see you
its 3 am; youre asleep and
it hurts to look at the moon
without you
4.
your sleepy eyes are my
favorite poem
but I want you for everything
you see I’ve been flipping
you
over about a billion times
in my head until you’re black
and bruised
a piece of the sky
because I can’t touch you
I’m writing this and every
verse makes me feel raw
Stinging like an epilogue
The door is shut, the windows
closed
But I still feel your very
soul
5.
you’re my summer sunrise
and my pillow feels warm
lets build a fire and burn
ourselves into ashes and
smoke
and melt into the clouds
where we belong
I would paint a new world for
you
That wouldn’t hurt so much
6.
how can he just stand there
and be so beautiful
he bangs his head to
the beat of my pulse
I feel so much for him
I want to find him underneath
the evergreen
7.
I am awakened by the still
air of morning
and I got 4 hours of sleep
the branches are outlined
against the temperate sky
I’m pretty sure there’s a
world between
every curve that your voice
makes
and it’s hard to write when
I’m drowning
and it’s hard to think about
you with your blue sweater on
the birds are telling me
things
you’re sighing life into the
world
8.
I can hear your heart,
It is in sync with mine
And I want to kiss your lips
Until all I see is stars
And sunshine
I would melt into you
And I wouldn’t have to feel
this
Heavy weight on my chest
Forever
Remind me that I am
More than I feel
9.
Saturn sized worlds
Where our realities waited
And we lived by the sea
And packed ourselves tightly
together
But it’s hard to look my
mother in the eyes now
It’s hard to see my God
before me
The silence is enough
I don’t want to leave this
place
Because that means leaving you
10.
raw and red from the rain
brown eyed in the quad
i need more time to
explore you and your world
and all that you hide
a silent prayer has built
churches in me
they wait for me to find the
nerve to touch your face
with the lights on
our realities wait between
shivers and sighs
and
moondust and starshine
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