Poems for the Signs

by Michaela Angemeer

i’ve been hurt by everyone who was supposed to love me unconditionally no wonder this heart is cracked no wonder i keep cutting myself trying to pick up all the pieces

i want to sleep escape into a different world disassociate

just because you can adapt, doesn’t mean you should.

you will spend your whole life looking for somewhere you belong if you don’t accept yourself first. you don’t need to change. you will find people who have room for your wild. just give them a chance to accept the full you.

and at the end of it all all you can ask is was i h...

the roman empire

capricorn

how do you start a relationship without seeing it end in your head first

i started holding other people to the standards i hold myself to turns out no one could meet them either

i do not have to give all of myself to get what i want

my love for you lasted the longest but it was also the saddest

i wish it didn’t take all this time to realize i was too in love with you for far too long

i will be alone this winter sorry if i gave you the wrong impression but my heart isn’t warm enough to keep either of us alive

i’ve been shining for others for so long that i forgot what it felt like to shine for myself the star

i was settling for less in the hopes of fun, in the hopes of a connection with potential, but by abandoning what i really wanted, my fear became a self-fulfilling prophecy.

romanticizing your life

pisces

there’s so much to be sad about when you’re trying to fall in love

what if i’m not a sad girl anymore what if i’m the happiest i’ve ever been