Strawberry Lips 

words left in her locket heart offbeat 
her breaths don’t 
come together 
she tries to match the outside 
wind but can’t keep up 
holding herself tightly to fight 
the cold 
but also because her own 
arms are the only one’s she’s 
ever known 

quiet strawberry lips 
of a girl kept to herself 
waiting in the shade 
having never known the sun