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Zoe Baber Poem
i’m always the last one out on
the punch stained dance floor
follow your footsteps stand where you were
scarlet pools around my feet
wishing my trembling hands would find a seat
you’re watching me from the other side
through your telescope you saw me cry
did you know i’d become the world for you
turn into oceans because i’ve been so blue
and i’ve always been my father’s girl
in my pretty dresses i give him a twirl
knowing one day i will disappear
let the wind take me far from here
oh build me the moon
and sink it in the river
i have always envied her
but the cold water makes me shiver
did she run away from home
swear at her mom and get tattoos
or was she born with all her craters
cursed with a life she didn’t choose
she said i think you’re a star because you
shine in all the darkest times i said
don’t you think that’s a bit poetic she said
i think i’m a little high
we were watching the sky and
hoping it’d fall
so we could be everything and nothing at all
Copyright © Zoe Baber | Year Posted 2020
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Zoe Baber Poem
Hello
I hope all is
Can
hear me?
‘ts me
(youknowwho)
need
say
Something
Don’t
hurt
Sorry if
weird
(iknowwe’rejustfriends)
But
I love y
For a while now
You
stunned
Me
took my breath away
(ifwerebeingcliche)
like No other
You’ve caught my attention since
before
Your face
striking
also soft
And your mind
exploding with
joy
and perfect words and perfect
when you speak
your voice a song
and when you laugh
‘M sorry
wait a
You hear me?
No reception here
butijusthadtosaysomething
somaybeifitalkquicklyit’llallsqueezeinandiwon’tgetcuto
Maybe should say again
love you
and also
the things about you
thewayyouholdmygaze likeiamabrokenpieceofasinkingshipandyouareitsdrowningpassenger
butyouholditcautiouslysoidontbreakunderneathyourgrip
likeyouknowiamfragileglasswaitingtobreak
likeyouknowme
like
‘lo?
can hear
?
service is bad
might
hang up
but have to
say
like
and
warm
arms
soft
freckles
a
(youmakemefeelbeautiful)
like
golden
sun
(icouldspendalldaywithyou)
cross
legged
on
your
carpet
like
it
know
us
also
couch
just
when
kind
car
the
silver
stars
aligned
when
you
took
my
hands and
put
your
thumb
against
my
palm
and
smiled
i
churning ocean
clinging
your life raft
(youknowialwaysgetoverdramatic)
there?
hear me?
i
maybe
need
hang up
but
pleaseunderstand
you
are
every
thing
to
me
(click)
Copyright © Zoe Baber | Year Posted 2019
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Zoe Baber Poem
i harbor my hope in
the spaces between your fingers. like light
falling slowly and then
all at once, upon docked ship straining for sea, upon moonlit water wishing
it was more like the others wishing
it could see the stars.
you looked down
as i cried,
and i smiled because i
knew the world was watching me fall apart.
did you know i had become it all for you,
let searing universes
burn beneath my skin,
how long have i only been
built from your memories
i wouldn’t know. swallow and
carry on, heave it over your shoulder, act like nothing at all, make yourself insignificant.
this world will never cherish
naive grins with crooked teeth.
instead i befriend
gentle small sliver of the moon,
sputtering satellite deciding she is
pretty enough to be like the others,
lonely star sailors that form shapes only
we thought to name.
strange chattering night,
i feel my youth in my bones,
will you stand next to me one last time and
watch the sky fall
crashing burning breathing have you ever felt so alive?
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Zoe Baber Poem
one day i will lose you lover
throw your bones into the creek
leaving rotting flesh yearning
for the gap between my teeth
for i am a patchwork of sorrows
i've been weaving since my birth
did your mother tell you to love me
or did you wish to become cursed
it seems i'm skin and bone and you
sewn up by shaky hands
so until i come apart
will you at least spare me a glance
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