sweetheart

A Poem by aspen

she lays on her bed, looking as if she's a delicate angel hovering slightly above her cloud

she throws her head back,
laughing at something you've said

your heart swells with acceptance

colorful lights twinkle all around her room
making her smile seem like a rainbow radiating directly upon you

she's heaven on earth, lips dripping with ethereality and honey

"I love you more than you know," she whispers gently, exhaling hints of cherry vodka on her breath

but there's a calculated look of vexation that washes over her demeanor in a matter of seconds

it's as if a million things cross her mind all at once and suddenly she's no longer the same woman I stood in awe over

she raises her fists and starts swinging wildly at walls of vulnerability that had been stacked between us moments before

my heart and nose are a bloody, broken mess
I'm paralyzed with shock as my eyes blur over with tears

I can hear her voice echoing throughout my entire body now as she says, "anything in this world that holds beauty is sure to harm you. you may not even realize this until the moment is over and you're left on the floor with nothing, not even your own heart."