Название: Swimming Lessons: Poems
Автор: Lili Reinhart
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары
isbn: 9780008365684
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The memories
these walls keep,
I wish they
could speak.
So I could relive
you touching me.
DRUNK
I always want
to make a toast
before we clink
our glasses.
It’s my way
of getting to tell you
that I love you.
A profession of my love
disguised by a spirit.
Cheers.
You pointed out the
Big Dipper to me
on the balcony
near the end of summer.
But I’ll let myself forget
so you can show me again.
Just tell me more
about the stars,
my love.
Allow me to lose myself
in your constellations.
You let me lay on your clean
sheets and wrap myself in
your damp duvet.
The tumbling washing
machine mixed with the
sound of your video games.
An ordinary day,
an ordinary moment
driving home from work,
with a yellow setting sky
and the windows
cracked open.
I told myself
that I would never let you be
the one that got away.
it seems to be our winter,
so I’ll try to make
snow angels in your
cigarette smoke.
he laid down his pen
after a few quiet moments.
and there were no marks
on the corner of the page,
where his hand
had been resting.
the ink had run dry.
there was nothing.
nothing left.
If you give love and project
your heart into the world,
you will receive it in return.
Maybe not right away,
but eventually.
I’m living proof.
I kept loving.
I didn’t give up.
And I finally got it back.
Don’t give up on what your
heart tells you.
Don’t ignore the thoughts
that keep you up at night.
How is it possible
that the moment your
breath meets mine
my lungs become so clear,
it’s as if I had been silently
suffocating.
I hope you look at me like
you do the sky.
Standing,
breathless,
admiring my colors.
My heart feels heavy today
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