Forever is
forever long
forever isn’t 
a time 
or place 
forever does
never doesn’t 
forever outlasts 
better or 
even best
for forever 
is boundless 
and aimless 
and full 
of uncertainty 
and compromise 
but never 
is forever 
again forever 
for each 
of us 
ever has 
only one 

If he wants 
to be friends 
we’ll be friends 
if he wants 
to be more 
we’ll be more 
and if it’s 
nothing then nothing 
we will be 
for nothing with 
him is still 
better than being 
just about anything

When one 
flame splits
into two 
they diminish 
yet they
brighten more 
and isn’t 
this precisely 
what is
meant for 
a flame 
to do 

You said 
let’s have 
us the 
things that 
we enjoy
it was
right there 
when I 
knew that 
I belonged 
and that 
the me
was gone 
and that 
I would 
never again 
be longing 

When longing
things haunt 
when missing 
things hurt
when desiring 
things itch
when having 
things erupt 
feelings often 
do lead
to actions 
what if
our actions 
came first 
what if 
feelings were
just that 
nothing more