eyes closed, i'm awake

e i g h t e en - buy the stars

Why can't I be more like her?

Why can't I have her smooth,

bright hair and her

awaken blue eyes?

She tells me, 

using a flick of her

wrist about

how she was never

good at drinking coffee quickly

and I pretend to laugh

All I can think about is

her beauty and how envious 

I am

Her boyfriend comes into

the room, smiling and

sneakily wrapping

his arms around her

waist and kissing her 

cheek

Their love glows

bright with

the colour of red

I think of us,

how you told me

that we had to keep

fighting to

survive

You left again

because your heart

wasn't whole

and you needed

it to mend

What do you do

when you leave?

Do you have another

lover?

I'm so determined 

we won't last, yet

I can't remember

who I am when I

wake up without you

by my side

I look up,

seeing

 the two of them;

lost in each other's eyes,

both being so blue

they are almost silver

and their hearts are gold

It strikes me that

I am in a kingdom,

because no man

can treat a woman like 

that without her

being a queen;

his queen

And he is a king

who would buy

his loved one

the stars,