so beautiful & yet so bored
wondering why naps on sidewalks
are the only exciting things anymore
happiness is disposable cameras
big sunglasses & popcorn
walking in through exit doors
she tries to make herself pretty
new shirts & new hair
cheap jewelry & dirty fingernails
she doesn't see that

she's. already. beautiful.

she takes too many walks
to peaceful places where
she finds leaves shaped like hearts
& takes them as signs
that love is surely near.
you remind her of someone

she's. yet. to. meet.

broken chairs & curly hair
smiles when you arive
because you give her something to miss
& leave her cds of music
that explain everything she can't say
she's afraid one day
in her eyes

you'll. see. nothing.

because there's an indigence
of heartbreak or beauty
she can never tell which
all there is
is broken pieces of kaleidoscopes
painted green & glittering
like the sparkles on her ceiling
that look like stars but are

easier. to. reach.