Maya Hanson Poems

Half of me is crumpled on the floor,
half of me is crumbled in your heart
And half of me stands here hoping
I won't fall and break apart
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I can feel every cave in your paradise,
I know every wisp of smoke in your memory
I can catch my breath
on the back of your neck
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we could love like savages
where the rainbow meets the wind

we could move like molecules
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I used to cover the whole
world, but what I couldn't see

was that my leash just went that
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It's been
years, years, years
since this morning
and I'm still lingering on the edge of life.
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I'm in love with the wrong words
I'm in too deep in the wrong time

So I pin a heart-shaped scar
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I took the long way round
cause I don't want to forget
everything I've done today
everything we did
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yes I know she's quiet
but if you can make her laugh
it's tasting ecstasy swirling through the air
and you feel like you've climbed a mountain,
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I open a jar of music, relax my lungs and catch my breath
Flickering away time as my hand melts to the hurricane
Because in my twisted brain
every piece of music is written about her.
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Searching for a way to Sacramento
Leaving these dark east clouds behind
Because maybe this way they'll remember me,
caught under the waves,
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