poems i wrote for the signs
aries:
you light fires just to see how quickly you can put them out and / you are always three steps ahead of the person next to you and / sometimes you start fights just to see how long it takes for you to come out on top / but everyone can see that you’d never hold somebody’s heart / just for the opportunity to drop it
taurus:
you do things that you shouldn’t do and / you kiss boys that you shouldn’t kiss and / your shameless flirting with self destruction won’t be ending anytime soon / (you let others love you to the point where you are too stubborn to love yourself)
gemini:
you believe that soulmates are meant to be your other half but / you should also consider the possibility that maybe / soulmates are those who help you find the pieces you were looking for in others / in yourself (patience — you will find yours soon)
cancer:
there are rainstorms in your tear ducts and / butterflies in your stomach and / sometimes you feel like the earth might shatter beneath the gentle touch of your fingertips / but when you realize that nobody knows how to feel the way that you know how to feel / consider it a good thing
leo:
your hands are at your own throat because / you are too generous and you have been taken for granted one too many times / (stop tearing yourself apart just to keep others whole)
virgo:
you wear more makeup than necessary when you go out and / you only wear black pants because they make your legs look smaller but / i want you to remember that you are a flower born in the midst of a drought and / plucking your own petals until there’s nothing left would be a huge disappointment
libra:
according to others, you’re supposed to be the balanced one / but right now you are struggling and can’t tell the difference between / a love letter and a suicide note / (this was hard to get off my chest) / (i really love you) / (i’m sorry, darling)
scorpio:
you’re telling him to kiss your neck when / you really want him to kiss your mind but / you’re so torn between being passionate and being psychological / that maybe you don’t know the difference
sagittarius:
you get drunk off of cheap thrills and going eighty-five down backroads / but when it comes letting people close to you / you still need someone to hold your hand / (maybe you don’t trust yourself to trust others)
capricorn:
“i like holding your hands because they’re warm,” he tells you, but what happens when they’re not? / you want to peel back the layers of his skin until you see his lungs moving beneath his ribcage and / you want to know if he can hold his breath for as long as atlas held the earth / (maybe his lungs will hold your hands when he won’t want to)
aquarius:
you don’t wear sunscreen during an indian summer and / you’ll take shots of anything because / you want to show people you don’t have a care in the world / but it’s hard for anyone to see beyond your barricade of skeletons and repressed memories in the first place
pisces:
you paint the ocean on your eyelids so when there are tears streaming down your face / it doesn’t feel like you’re crying and / you feel like a monster because nobody likes the taste of salt water / but what you’re forgetting is that salt helps heal wounds
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