Definitions

Soul 

is the poem engraved on your bones

inked by blood rushing

through an unsteady pulse and wounded lungs

Fear 

is the sound your feet make as you jump to a new rooftop

Promises 

are confessions,

where you admit that you need extra incentive to be honest

Apologies 

are the eraser sheddings in the book of life

Courage 

is removing armor during the battle

acknowledging even though it looks strong

it’s about to rust from the blood plummeting from the sky

Bubbles 

are fancy names for shells

Accidents

are God’s typos
mispellings in the book of life

Hate

is when we notice in others the weakest part of ourselves]Modesty 

is not needing a stool on the mountain’s peak

Home

is a custom made sweatshirt
The fancy is in the fit
Tension 

is unstrummed guitar strings

the beats before the songs

Honesty

is the gulp of shame you swallow so you can not just talk

but speak

Romance 

is a song with no words or music

I spent all my money on papers and pens

Plucked my plumpest chickens for quills

I didn’t have dictionaries

Only life to define things for me

But you are the enigma

The misplaced definition in my book

You are

the soul I’ve been trying to decipher

the fear worth giving in to

the dead sea of emotions that will never me let drown

the promises that refuse to transform into apologies

the truth that doesn’t to be gospel or holy
I will never call you angel

because you are why it took 85 million years to make us human

the courage that annihilated my bubble

made me understand that slugs are braver than snails

the accident I could never grow to hate

the modest eight wonder

the hoodie for those rainy days when I can’t find shelter in my own skin

a home knitted with silver linings

you put the ten into tension

the backwards lover in revolution

the nest in honesty

you are more than a basket

so I will place all my eggs in you

because you won’t pick at my scabs

you will kiss them better

for you are the romance I don't need to define.