To You

An untitled love letter to myself

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I didn’t cross that line because of her

- and now I don’t cross it because of you

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In the tapestry of me you have a thousand threads

- told in resplendent colours that barely have names

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Driftwood bones and salt encrusted lips

- shaded a cornflower blue

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My first love welcomes me back with her weathered pages

- a life of folded corners and indents from eager fingers

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Mornings wrapped in your arms are golden

- doused in sunlight and adoration

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I’m just a girl dressed in white

- with baby’s breath and lily of the valley in my hair

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Swept up in your orbit, we shine sun and moon

- our own little solar system to bask in

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You weigh heavy on my skin like the summer sun

- even though we’re so far apart my love

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I’m starting to stitch myself back together again

- as you remind me why I deserve to be loved

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I could imagine forever with you

- the kind of forever that lingers

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Insecurities don’t go away with your kisses

- but they make them bearable

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We aren’t a fairytale, or a story in a book

- but I’d be ok with being yours, magic or not

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I know I’m not in love with you, not yet

- but you’re carving out a space in my heart for yourself

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Let’s just forget everything else for the night

- and revel in shared, secret silence

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Falling in love with the unattainable is a talent I have long since mastered

- you’re the latest in a long line of heartbreak

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I may not have a shirt of yours to sleep in but this one is blue, and that’s your favourite colour so it’s closer to you

- my sleep deprived logic at 1am

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I’ve been liking one kind of person for so long that you’re a confusing breath of fresh air

- I just don’t know what to do with myself