Jessica Lockhart

I do not love you, but I could
Will you let me try?
Open your heart to me, show me your soul
Tell me your joys and your sorrows in full
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Advice to who?
Advice for you!
Heed the words I say,
for if you do my dear little one
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ruin me to rubble
erode me away graciously
with time
undo my roots
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I do not write for you.
I only write for me.
To rhyme for the enjoyment of others,
What kind of poet would I be?
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I love you
(But not in the cheesy love poem kind of way)
But still
It's true
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Sweet, sweet boy,
where do you wander
when you have nowhere to go?
How do you get there?
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This house is much more quiet
Now that she's gone
There's no one to make music
Or to sing pretty songs
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Remember when it was just me
There was no her
It was not three
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I read a poem
that reminded me of you
that made me want you
and then
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I'll have an omelet
with everything on it!
Onions, mushrooms, tomatoes,
spinach, kale, and potatoes
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We are two lovers
playing tug of war
at each end of the rope.
Hoping the other
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I kissed you atop the Grand Canyon
You were better than the view
As the moon rose to greet the night
I kissed you until morning light
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I'm as dizzy as a dandelion who's been blown away.
I'm tougher than the door you knock on night and day.
I'm two steps ahead, never falling behind.
I'm the quiet whisper haunting your mind.
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Please let me give you the stars
And by the stars, I mean my hand
And by my hand, I mean my love
And by my love, I mean my life
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If I had a dollar
For each time you made me laugh
I could bathe in gold and riches
And that's not even half
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You told me one drink wouldn't hurt,
and now I have blood on my shirt.
With fractures in my head,
I'm lying in bed
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Somewhere...
over the rainbow,
across the river,
through the woods,
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You tell me I am brilliant
I tell you that you lie
If only you could see
The truth that lies inside
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How about
instead of dying
we start living,
instead of dreaming
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