Cracked Surface (That You Don't Seem To Notice)

You're A Poem

Whenever I hear the word poem

I am reminded of your laugh

It's something I want to bottle up in

a jar and put on the table next to my bed

Something I want to record and replay

whenever I am down

Or even when I'm not

Your laugh is something I want to hear

everyday yet keep for myself

It's something I want to lean on

Something to keep on my shelf

Your laugh is a little recorder in a shop

And I'd stay until it closes

Still replaying in my head nonstop

Whenever I read the word poem

I am reminded of your smile

Your face lights up as

bright as a supernova

I'd see stars around it

And the sun would focus on you

Your smile is contagious

The northern lights would smile as well

And the moon would take a picture of you

The sky would cry for how ethereal you are

Your smile lights up the lamp posts on the street

And the lights to that cafe you visit once in a while

Whenever your pictures are taken I'd zoom in on you

Your eyes would shine with it

and people would look at you twice

Your smile makes me nervous

I try to run when you're near

Yet I always look for you

Whenever I write a poem

I write about you

I write about your handwriting

that would make a pen cry

I write about how my friends would

say "who is that guy?"

I write about what we talked about

Or what we could've

Should've

I write about quotes in novels that

remind me of you

I write about things you love

And things I think you would love

Here's a list

I think you would love a date at an arcade

Eating pizza together and losing games

I think you would love a picnic date

Where we stuff each other's mouthwith chocolate, raisins, rice and cake

You name it

Maybe you would love a date at home

Where we sing songs that remind us of our comfort zone

You would probably love handmade letters

You don't need to fret

I'd write you a box full of them that you won't forget

We can play songs on my keyboard that may be off-tune

But I'd do anything to spend a second with you

You're everything a poem needs and writers write

You're everything a reader reads and a muse is like