we came out alright

We came out alright.

Look out the window,

that’s not shrapnel falling from our hearts,

just a beautiful sunny day.

Let’s toss away lose change,

the stuff

rolling back and forth in the upholstery of that

not-quite-too old car.

I loved and opened my legs

And sometimes I bled into my pillow

because i told them all i wouldn’t get hurt.

We wear lipstick

and our heels bleed

and we need to take our own blood pressures

and make sure we aren’t having heart attacks.

I kiss like I can live up to my stories

and do chemistry homework until

coffee transcends the plane into symbolism.

Three people cried today and I held their hair.

They will be alright, too.

Why don’t you wait and see.

I love him.

And for the first time i know love can forgive all sins.

I give myself away yet have enough me left

to write these poems and cry after saying goodbye

this one last time

before tomorrow when I will surely pinch myself

And then talk to him through the sting.

I have lived through a pair of scuffed up purple boots

and those who loved me too much for their own good.

It’s my turn to sit on the bench.

We came out alright.

I told you.

Reviews

[wordman]

lol,when i look back i don`t see how we did,but we made it through