Tyler Kent White Quotes

When the lights turn low
I just want to know
that the glow you possess
will be enough
to guide me home.

My orphan bones are stretched thin through wasp limbs that now seem woefully inadequate to support all the pressures I have placed upon them. There are only so many nights I can confide in strangers before they all begin to wear their apologies the same.

I opened a wound in the earth
to tuck you away
and as the soil filled around you
covering the last of my dreams
I asked the roots
and the rocks
and the oceans
and the sea
to collapse around me
so I could lay by your side
one last time.

One day I will kiss you
kiss you with lips that understand
kiss you with lips that can better explain
that can speak in so many languages
they will know how to say I love you
in ways you never heard
in ways that sound unlike anything
any other man has mouthed before

Please understand, I am aware that I am calloused, worn, and rusted in all the parts of me that used to shine, but I still care. My God, I care. And I am trying.

one day
you are going to fall in love
and instead of breaking
like before

you'll find you fit perfectly
into all the fractured parts
and rusted
worn-out spots

you'll realize you are more beautiful
than you ever could have dreamed
more stunning
than you ever imagined

you see
little love
the universe always knew
just how flawless you would become
when you finally took the time
to fall in love with yourself

I hope you still taste like my name
when the next man kisses you
that he hears it echo down his throat
and crawl across his skin

I hope he knows that you were mine
that you had forevers on your lips
that were only meant for me

I hope he feels small, mismatched
when he takes hold of your hand
that his fingers never fill the void
my own have left behind

and when he lays by your side
and whispers that he loves you
I hope my voice echoes back louder
through all the canyons
I spent nights
and mornings
carving in your sheets.