I have odd shaped lips
My jaw’s not defined
I’m covered in freckles
And my smile’s unaligned
My nose is too big
And my cheeks make my face
Horribly childish
And a real ugly case
My eyes are too close
And my teeth are too yellow
But still I have found
An appreciative fellow
Who kisses my lips
And makes my unaligned smile
Turn up more at the corners
And last for a while
The Way the Ocean Loves the Shore by tintedslightly, literature
Literature
The Way the Ocean Loves the Shore
I keep you around for the now and then
For the times I genuinely bask in your perfection
I think I might love you
The way the ocean loves the shore
When I’m at low tide
All I want is to see a cigarette between your fingers
When I’m at high tide
All I want is to see my fingers between each of yours
There are days when I'll crash against you
Though I swear it’s the wind that pushes me
There are days when I merely brush against you
And you eagerly allow me to take your shells and lovely grains of sand back with me to collect beneath my wake
I keep you around for the metaphors you never understand
The smoke in your lungs is the