If you love something, throw it away

Growing pains in my hands

Skin on skin

Teeth kissing teeth

I’ll count the miles chasing down the liquor

Our bodies are made of stolen things

Of broken antique store goods and farmers market jewelry

Empty bottles stacked on top of the fridge say all the things we don’t have the guts to

If you love someone, throw them away

I feel more like a stranger each time i come home to you

It wasn’t for love that i walked in the door

It was the guilt in my bones, waves crashing ashore

If you need something, throw it away

Sleeping in the gutter is the most comfortable bed

Will it be like in the movies?

When we walk down the aisle,

Will anyone know how you built a shrine behind my eyes?

The hillside has been asking me the same question for 5 summers

"Can this dream exist in reality, or will it turn to dust the second you touch?"

And in that deafening silence, I thought I heard you say…

"I loved you, now I must throw you away"