i will always be the girl with kaleidoscope eyes

I liken myself to a kaleidoscope, entwining and yearning to breathe for another taste of your touch. Pointed up towards the sky, all I can try to do is descend forward– but with you all I keep on doing is spiraling downwards. Even trying to bellyflop, bass ackwards, that’s all I can stand.

(It’s not enough)

and it never will be