Lavender Scented Poems

w i s h e s

I remember when every eyelash

Was a wish for you

Eyes closed as I take a deep breath

"You"

It's all I could think

All I could ever ask for.

There was never enough time.

One benefit of being abused your whole life

Is that you dissect every minuscule detail

I felt the distance before you put your walls up

The brick between us trapping friends on either side

And crushing those in between

I tried to push back,

Ripping the coarse hair from my lids

And begging

Pleading that everything was okay

"You"

I would cry to my sad little eyelashes,

Covered in runny makeup and salty water

"Please, you"

But I ran out of eyelashes.

And you ran out of love.

And we ran out of time.