Smiling off the Ledge

Smiling off the ledge

It was harder now that she had learned not to chase things, or people. 
But there would always be something inside her that brought her to the absolute edge.
She couldn't help but get too close, lean over, and peer down. 
And it was the way she looked, smiling off the ledge, that was everything I found beautiful.
Because down there were a few things she learned she could live without. 
They were once parts of her, parts that mattered immensly.
Broken dreams,
Severed heartstrings,
Lost loves,
Childhood memories,
and some of who she believed she was.

 And still, she leaned over, and she always smiled.
You should know she's not lacking.
Those parts of her, missing, made room for wings.
If angels have to die, to come back to life, 
than she would never have a fear of falling after learning she could fly.

 ~J. Raymond.

At a Restaurant

6th May '15

 Was that a look? Was that scorn?Or was that a little confusion? Anger?
Despise or curiosity?It must be one of those, surely.Look in this general direction?Or fateful meeting of eyes?But I shall imagine it to be attraction, like a girl of 15 writing in her diary.  :)

But at the end of the day, I'm the worst at inferring things and reading the plainest, most obvious emotions.

And this cute little girl comes to me With a red balloon in her hand, and asks me what I'm writing.And I heard myself saying, "a poem."But is this a poem?Only I shall know the answer, 
but I was lying to her.

This is not a poem.
But how can I explain to her,that these are just abstract wanderings of my mind,blurting out in confusion,incoherently.


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