Poems for the Signs

by Michaela Angemeer

hello earth placements, i know you're mainly the ones reading this.

one day, i promise there will be someone you can let in who will keep you safe once they're inside

i just want to feel safe enough to fall in love

i have been programmed by the stars and my mother to see the worst in things

you can understand where someone is coming from and still not accept how they treat you

i am not a good person or a bad person my morality will never be black and white my soul is a rainbow

i am too considerate of people i’ve never met

i was raised on guilt and shame i’m just trying to be myself again

you can’t build a home out of red flags

my loneliness is a coping mechanism protection from rejection

sometimes the best thing you can do for the people you love is take care of yourself

i am done with maybe loves love is not for maybes romeo didn’t drink half the poison juliet plunged the sword all the way in it’s time for full-fledged love i deserve something definite

i know you have been hurt and put down, and for that i am sorry. i will never listen to anyone who tries to get you to dim your light again. to my inner child

but now i know god is a woman and she lives inside of me

not committing might be less scary giving up might be easier but if you never put down roots you will never grow

what if you loved like you’ve never been hurt

capricorns see my heart but would rather have my stinger

babe are you ok? you haven’t even touched your existential dread

can this be the last time i say this is how much i am can this be the first time someone tells me it’s not too much

if you keep falling in love with half-baked people you will keep feeling the pain of being loved with half a heart

jackets with armpit vents fresh white sheets good decisions a new year’s kiss bone-chilling cold weather consequences perfectly wrapped gifts a plant you can’t kill growing old together the roman empire taking it to the grave talking to trees capricorn

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

i wanna kiss you on new years promise you won't disappear at midnight

i no longer have people in my life who do not do what they say they are going to do.

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 choose people who have the capacity for overflowing, unconditional love. i choose people who see the big me, see my capacity, and don’t run from it. i choose people who see all this space i take up and say, me too.

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

i am finding happiness and learning how to sit in the moment and feel it