My heart is still a leather jacket I am waiting to give to someone sweet.

Hey, are you a boy or a — never mind, can I have a push on the swing?” And some day, y’all, when we grow up, it’s all gonna be that simple.

Do you think anger is a sincere emotion or the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain?

You are not weak just because your heart feels so empty.

I'm not lookin' for someone who can save me. Life rafts might keep you afloat but they rarely get you anywhere and I've got places I wanna go. So break me in two, peel back my rib cage and cover every page of my heart with love poems you will burn someday.

Touch me ‘til my ribs become piano keys, ‘til there is sheet music scrolled across the inside of my lungs.

I said to the sun, ‘Tell me about the big bang.’ The sun said, ‘it hurts to become.