Lauren Greenslet
When you leave and you meet the newÂ
Promise you will call or text when you see messed up graffitiÂ
Or when there’s a new meme for you and me to undoubtedly giggle at for no reasonÂ
Or when the good stuff goes wrong and all you need is somewhere to goÂ
Somewhere for you to let it outÂ
Somewhere you don’t have to look back and stay wondering about the things youÂ
couldn’t fixÂ
If you can do that, then I can promise you this:
I’ll be there.
A Quiet
It’s solace with you by my sideÂ
An eternal comfort that’s too strong to outgrowÂ
Warmth that creates assurance and makes the wrongs a little less painfulÂ
God only knows the time it is gonna take to heal this
Far OffÂ
it would be best to stay here
alone
without you
it would be best to not call
words make things so complicated
it would be best to not think about it anymore
A soft ocean breeze.
Or the ocean and the breeze, kept apart, at a distance, represented separately
But all at the same time coexisting and intertwining
The ocean being me
And my ever-changing, scattered, unpredictable, catastrophic tides
The breeze being you
And your endless pushing
- blueÂ