Memoirs Of A Teenage Heart

As much as I love you, I fear for the worst

As much as I love you, I fear for the worst

You cannot keep me

(you should not love me)

because I’m like the wind.

I’ll kiss the coral of your smile;

I’ll fill your lungs

and trace their darkest recesses -

I’ll pool across your ribs

and anchor you to the sea

that is carried upon my lips.

I will wash across your mind

and discover the hidden treasures,

and I, with the will of a siren,

will selfishly keep them.

I will embrace your heart

with the light of morning suns

and slumbering twilights;

I will carry to your lips stardust,

just to give you a taste of the universe.

And when the tide calls me home,

I will pull you under with me,

and you'll drown,

But I will leave,

(always, always leave)

and all you will have left

is the taste of salt on your tongue.