Neither here nor three.

There is something in the art of restraint that I am not good at

The falling and tripping and

I never know what to do with my hands.

You want to tell me that I drive like I live

Excited. Distracted. Clumsy.

And you’re not sure if this scares you.

And lord, I am covered in bruises

But there are places I suspect must live in the bulb of my lamp

And I am trying to convince you that everything is sublime.

“I am here to steal your virtye”

I want to tell you never to trust a poet.

Spelling mistakes entertain me to no end.

It’s the small things that scare me the most.

And the big things.

So I buy sixteen packets of sparklers and a pack of playing cards

And wonder what life would have been like for the first flying squirrel

And how they would have dealt with all that freedom.

And if I would have done the same.

I have the suspicion that objects are in love with my shins

Like I am in love with yours.

This body was made noble

But most days all it feels like is empty parts

Covered in bruises and burns and scrapes

And paint

You told me your favourite colour was green

So I tried to become the forest.

9:18 PM

When you push too many keys at once on the keyboard the time comes up.

I find this magical.

I carry the last four words of a wish on a scrap of paper in my wallet

Be careful what you wish for.

I wish it was your name.

We’ve turned our gods into planets and sent rovers up to find them.

Isn’t it funny how we all crave intimacy

And maybe if we press all the right buttons at the same time

The right answers will come up

Or maybe they already have

And all we have to find is the right questions.

I think I love too many things too much, and some not enough.

Most days the world is so beautiful that I’m sure it will break me into pieces

And I’m sure physics has a way to explain that

But I’m only part-way through Professor Brian Cox’s book

And I haven’t yet figured out why

But everything that can happen

Will happen.

I’m sure that by the time I finish the book

You’ll already know the answer

And look at me like I’ve just found the right question

And maybe you’ll be right.