Dashing into the sea,
to breathe.
Don’t tie me down, 
I wanna see everything.

If we make it to 2023,
I wanna study abroad, mère.
En France!
See? I’m already studying.

I could be an au pair,
sip earl grey with the sun.
I could freelance,
write for a living.

Dashing into the see,
to live.
Will you come with me?
only if you want to.
I just want to get away,
get away with you.

Staring up at the sky, 
Into the void of space,
With gravity as my anchor.
Where does love come from?

Guns in the distance,
Pollen. 
Nah, I’m not scared.
But I don’t wanna do paintball.

Hide. Shiver. Run.
Phone slams onto the ground.
Broken.
Like this house, I broke this house.

The flowery glass case,
Now a safety hazard.
Car door slams.
I’m sorry, Daddy,

I didn’t mean for it to get this far.
I’m sorry you’re angry with me. ...

Shedding old skin
Coming into something new,
been told I changed too fast
And maybe it’s true, but
I have changed for good
I swear I’m not lying,
I love a girl and I know it hurts for you,
but I also know I can’t suppress myself,
not anymore.
So I’m shedding old skin
coming into something new.

Ew. She said Ew when two girls kissed on that silver screen. 
My mom.
Uncomfortable. Ella was Uncomfortable when my soon to be girlfriend was sharing a bathroom with her.
”What if she looks at me?”
I can assure you Ella,
lesbian and pervert are not synonymous.
Betrayal. It was betrayal that I didn’t tell my God-fearing baptist parents that I was starting to notice my preference for women,
so we could talk about it
(and they...