we were the center of the universe

my heart and yours beat together

keeping time, setting pace

your arms encircled my waist

as the stars encircled your brow

you spun me round and round

and the world spun in turn

she was the sky,
the sun, the moon, the constellations,
wind and rain and
thunderstorm clouds, the hail and
snow, balmy summer breezes
a breath of fresh air.

he was the earth,
the flowers, the grass, the trees,
mountains reaching up and
rivers flowing down, the oceans and
deserts, rainforests and ice
soil and seeds and new life.

i don’t want to be reminded of the ways you don’t love me now

i don’t want to think about you and know that i’m not on your mind

i don’t want to remember any of the good things you made me feel

because all it does is make me wonder how i can feel that way again

but you’re gone

you won’t make me feel those things again,

and no one else’s love will ever feel quite the same as yours

and i understand so much more clearly now now why joel wanted clementine erased from his memory

because how am i supposed to go on when you’re not here and you don’t love me

anymore

i have a whole world
inside of me

oceans and rivers and
still, quiet lakes
mountains and valleys
deserts and rainforests and
cities with buildings
reaching
up and up and up
into my mind

i could give you the world
if you would have me

how one counts the
stars
and labels each with a
reason for loving you –
a small detail of your
endless perfection;

but surely you know
many stars you see
tonight have already
perished, and,
along with them,
the little things
i once loved in you.

your bright eyes

hidden beneath dark shades

your favourite accessory

you call it fashion

but to hide those eyes?

i call it a crime