You Deserve So Much More

I don’t need to be
perfect
but I want to be
perfect
for you
- jsh

You Only See Small Doses

You have no freaking clue
just how much
I’m in love with you

- jsh

I’ll Give You Time If You Give Me Pretty Lies In Love Letters

How am I
your ‘first choice’
when you’re holding out
for someone better?

- jsh

This Is What Hope Does

I’m heartbroken
over something
that never even
happened

- jsh

Wishful Thinking Leaves Me Sinking

Please don’t put
the idea of ‘us’ in my head
while you’re lying awake
in someone else’s bed

- jsh

These Hypotheticals Hurt Me

You have no idea
how much it breaks my heart
to talk about you
in someone else’s arms

- jsh

One of a Kind Pairing

When you try
and fail
to replicate the feelings
we made
a thousand different ways
you can call me
instead of pretending
it’s something you can replicate

- jsh

If I Could Bottle Up Your Blush

I still hear
the way you
whisper (whimper)
through the dark
and the radiating
heat that trickles
down your spine
when I remind you of
all the ways
that you are mine

- jsh

No Better Gift Than You

I don’t need
birthday candles,
or cake;
just a bitter brew
and your sweet kiss
to get me through

- jsh

Cuddle Across Continents

You left
a blanket here for me
so I could wrap myself up
in your warm embrace
even when you’re
so desperately
far away

- jsh

Love Is In The Little Things

We find desire
in the details
no one else
thinks to see

- jsh

Quiet Comforting

Let’s lock
all the doors,
shut off every screen
curl up together
and for a moment, just be

- jsh

Making a Masterpiece of Me

I’ve been
shattered
into stardust
an entire cosmos
of cold, chaos concerns
but you spark feeling
back into me
tracing constellation stories
for the entire world to see

- jsh

This Is My Heart On Display

I wonder if
you read these
and sense so much more
from these words
and their meanings

- jsh

More Than Anything In The Dictionary

Love isn’t
the right word;
it’s used too freely,
too often
for this feeling.
Loving you, that’s like
screaming
to the stars,
hoping they hear me,
or staying silent,
alone and aching.

- jsh

You’re Worth An Entire Galaxy

Everything
I feel for you
all at once
burns more brightly
than any star,
flame,
or the sun

- jsh

Actual Apologies Take Effort

Time
won’t fix this; us.
Only wanting,
aching,
trying,
mending,
might give us
a chance.

- jsh

You Can’t Pack My Heart Too

What happens
when I put
my whole heart in this
and you pack up to go?

- jsh

When No One Else Does

You make
loving me
seem easy

- jsh

A Metaphor For ‘Love You More'

How come
every kiss
I ever gave you
only ever
left me bruised?

- jsh

All The Ways No One Else Will Know Me

You steal
me away
where the rest
of the world
can’t see;
the intimacy
in privacy

- jsh

Lovely Longing Suffering

Is love
letting you
set me on fire
or survive it?

- jsh

Ways You Tug On My Heartstrings

People who
love each other
this much
shouldn’t be
so far
out of reach

- jsh

No More Toxic Attachments

It’s easier
for you to hate me
than for you to realize
I was right to go

- jsh

You’re Off To Bigger and Brighter While I’m Left Behind

You're too big
for a small-minded
city like this
so why
aren't I?

- jsh

This List Is Ever-Growing

I miss you;
another mistake
I repeatedly make

- jsh

Nevermore

It was always
just 'almost'
with us

- jsh

Time’s Curse

There aren't
enough hours
for us

- jsh

Even The Moon Is Imperfect

She’s perfectly
imperfect
with the craters
that freckle her complexion
as though her scars are stories.
And if you look,
see the shine,
you’ll see her beauty
all the time.

- jsh

I Don’t Do Happy Endings

Don’t expect
a fairytale
from me

- jsh

I Should Mind It More Than This

You’re the mistake
I repeatedly make

- jsh

My Only Sunshine

And even with
the stars,
and sun,
and moon
within my grasp
you manage
to shine brighter still

- jsh

Lines and Limitations

Do you ever
wonder
what would happen
if maybe
just maybe
you could admit
this love
was more?

- jsh