shells and seeds... like that

Shells and Seeds : for BH

We would share sunflower seeds
sitting on the porch above concrete
ditch the shells to get to the center to the best part right to the heart he holds a special place
he was more than a friend
one of those soulmates
now I don’t love him like
your mother loves your father,
like you loved your ex,
like you’ll love your next
but I love him
in a different way
not quite under the sun
but way over the moon
we would spend the entire month of June
hiding and seeking
we would play tag
and I wanted to be it
So I obviously hid
hoping he would find me
but he never did
we just weren’t compatible
when we truth or dared kissed I felt we were judge by shadows
yet we still chased ice cream trucks
search for 4 leaf clovers for luck
until the summer he left me I felt so stuck
But he was worse off
Though without each other we were both lost
life stretched us
in different directions
but some how we found our way back
But I things had changed
time had suffocated our innocence
we were not the same
He came back around
we were reintroduced
and when he returned I asked him what did he learn
he said his dreams had been lynched off of basketball hoops
and he wasn't sure of who he was or his roots
he was unconscious and i was full aware
i had learned to love life he really didn't care
i was full of hope he was full of despair
now he picks seeds out his weed
I collect shells of off the beach
we sit close but still out of reach
we try to relate to one another
as we reminisce with each other
sitting on the porch above concrete
sharing sunflower seeds



LIKE THAT

if i recounted all my secrets
and etched them on slates
and put them on Cupids letter head
like that
if I sent them to you
would u write back
i mean Aaliyah four page it
signed, seal delivered with a kiss,
exactly like that

cuz i want an inconvenient, i didn't know it was gonna rain so, i forgot my umbrella type love
i want an i could live without u, but u make it so much better type love
an unexpected, I found 50 dollars in a puddle imma spend it all on you type love
an up all night, connecting the stars, with the hopes it tells us our story type love
a we so great and relevant, we're in out great grand children's history book, they studying us type love

yeah i want it like that


if it didn't work
would u return me right back
u kno where u found me
would u apologize cuz your love didn't ground me
since I dont wanna fall in love
in love I'd rather stand
boys will be boys
but i just want u to be my man
like sprint, verizon, t-mobile
I'm just trying to be apart of your plan
yeah like that

so will u hold my hand like that
yes smile again... like that
cuz i want it like that