FireAndIsis

I KNEW I WAS IN LOVE WITH YOUR SON WHEN

he taught me how to ride a bike for
the first time. I was nervous from the
understanding that I was too old to

try to learn how to do this now, but he
was patient. There were children at
the playground who stared at us as I
gripped the handlebars too tightly. His

hands were the training wheels and
when they fell away all I could think
about was making it to the wide span

of his arms as he stood waiting for
me to peddle back to him. It took a
bruising to both knees and an elbow

to learn that he would wait for me no
matter what kind of shape I was in
when I returned. This is how I love

your son: in bicycles, in long stretches
of summer heat, in the drive back to
his house where we take turns studying

each other’s knees scrupulously under
the soft light of a setting sun. The first
cry belongs to the cicadas. The second

is entirely our own.

fleurishes / fleurishes

1 month ago with 155 notes
#poetry #love #poem #summer #text #lovely

achristoffers / achristoffers

2 months ago with 6 notes
#rooftop #lovely #nighttime #photoshoot #Black and White #dance #dancing

❝If my red eyes don’t see you anymore
And I can’t hear you through the white noise
Just send your heartbeat, I’ll go
To the blue ocean floor
Where they’ll find us no more
On that blue ocean floor❞

(Justin Timberlake, Blue Ocean Floor)