2. i understand the simple movement of leaves shuffling in the wind wishing to return to the same tree that it used to grow from. so when i say that i love you, what i’m really trying to say is no matter how much we change from here on out, i promise i’ll always think twice before making you cry again. i know that humans are such complex, but simple and beautifully broken things— depression has numbed my thoughts for far too long and heartache doesn’t seem to know when to not remind me that i am not allowed to love myself. so you’ve been doing alot of the dirty work. i love someone who thinks that the night doesn’t sleep well too, and maybe that’s why i stay up. i love strays like how the moon loves streetlights— always too pretty, just tiny little suns that goes out when the real thing rises. i’m all out of play and my sadness is all dried up. you make happiness feel like a poem that has to be written. so when i say that i’m happy— what i’m really trying to say is thank you. another word or poem just won’t do. a simple thank you.
—from me to you