Thursday, October 16, 2014

addicted.

let's let the sun illuminate our skin.

let's walk on the beach barefoot and watch the sand fill the cracks of our toes. 

let's let the sun kiss our noses
let's get addicted to the sunlight.

let's drink caffeine because that's the only thing we can drink.

let's get addicted to it.

let's sneak out at midnight and gaze at the specks of silver in the sky.

let's fall in love.

sneak out at midnight and let him wrap his arms around you.
let him hold your cheeks and let yourself close your eyes as he kisses your lips that taste like cherry chap stick. 

let's get addicted to love. 

we take adderall cause we can't focus

we take accutane cause of the zits on our young faces

midol for the cramps

advil for the headaches from the words our mothers scream at us

Zzzquil for the sleepless nights. The nights after heartbreaks from the love we got addicted to.

aloe vera for the sunburns and the sunlight we got addicted to

cherry chap stick for the next boy
the next heart break
because we all know we will get addicted to love again

over 
and 
over
and over 

again.

more aloe Vera because the sun light helps us focus
the sun helps us live.

let's drink more caffeine because that's the only thing we can drink.

let's hang out with all of our fake friends 
let's drive the fast cars our parents bought us.

we can't get addicted to being young

because one day we're going to be old

we're going to have our own kids

and they will have their fake friends

and their own fast cars that we bought them.

their lips will smell like cherry chap stick
the smell of heartbreaks and addictions.

you'll scream at them and they will take advil for the headaches

midol for the cramps

accutane for the zits

adderall to focus

zzzquil for the sleepless nights

and in between the screams you will remember that your lips once tasted and smelled like cherry chap stick

and you will look down at the diet coke can in your hand and see that you're still addicted to caffeine

and that you were once like them

and that you are still 

just like 


them.













15 comments:

  1. Whoa this is fantastic.

    I'm depressed. And inspired. And I'm going to drink a Pepsi now and think about when I was young.

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  2. I can't handle this right now. Amazing.
    "let's hang out with all of our fake friends
    let's drive the fast cars our parents bought us."
    EVERYTHING'S TRUE AND EVERYTHING HURTS

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  3. Underrated post. So fantastic.
    "The nights after heartbreaks from the love we got addicted to."

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  4. Never will I ever take cherry Chapstick for granted again.

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  5. This was amazing. Truly inspiring

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  6. This blew my mind honestly. Love it.

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  7. this hit me so hard. loved every single line.

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  8. I wish that I could be like the cool kidz. Or Navvy Skye cuz Wowza.

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  9. Hey I know I already commented, but I wanted to comment again in reply to your comment. I know that you'll probably see it here before anywhere else. Im pretty sure I know who you are and I am flattered that you read my blog, especially during seminary. It might have been blasphemous because I swear a lot, haha. Sorry if that was a shocker. I always tried not to swear at tennis. But I also wanted to tell you that you are so creative. You have so many unique ideas and are great at communicating them through your writing. Good job :)

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