Helium

I wonder if the next generation

will know water the way I did.

I was born and raised in California.

And here, our models and rivers

look like they’re on the same diet.

I am learning that the difference between

a garden and a graveyard is only what

you choose to put in the ground.

I heard there’s a

woman in Palestine

who makes flower pots

out of used teargas grenades.

From this I learned

the explosion

is not how the story

has to end.

: Cupid is irresponsible, and I’m tired of him using me for target practice

getting out of bed has become a magic trick.

I am probably the worst magician I know.

I died young with breadcrumbs in my hand, so they buried me and when they buried me, they put these coins over my eyes, and I used them as bus fare to get back to Earth, just so I can look for you.

I pray that God somehow turns you back into one of my ribs

just so I would never have to spend an entire day without you.

I’d write about your eyelashes, and how they are like

violin strings that play symphonies every time you blink.

trying to convince my shadow

that I’m someone worth following.