One
This love isn’t allowed
You are far too broken
To love someone so whole
Aren’t you tired of ruining beautiful things?
Two
Your heart is heavy
Don’t weigh him down with your sins
Even though he would carry them if you asked him to
Remember you are a burning building he wants to make a home out of
While he is the cigarette you promised never to smoke
Don’t be the thing that destroys one another
Three
He says he falling in love with you
But darling falling is the easy part
Staying in love is harder
All boys are the same
Give him something to hold onto
As long as it’s not you
Four
He will ruin all other kisses for you
It will stain your lips pink, and cheeks red
It will be an addiction
Your were never good at refusing
And when you can’t have him
Because good things never last
You will spend a lifetime trying to forget the way he said your name
Charlotte Edwards is a poet based in Nashville, TN where she spends her time drinking too much hot chocolate and writing pandemic poetry. She is published in The Weight Journal, The Literary Yard, and Rebelle Society. She also was a finalist for Youth Poet Laureate for 2020. Currently, she is an intern at Southern Word where she hopes to grow her abilities as a writer in hopes of one day becoming a renowned poet.