dear, you won't understand.

dear jake's girl:
you are a child.
children don't know how to handle hearts so you're giving it to him and
he is only a child too so he will play with it until it breaks.
you know he doesn't understand but the truth is you don't either.
you will gently tie your heartstrings to sunrises;
to stalactites and his favorite songs.
dear jake's girl, i am so sorry for what he will do to you.

dear ricky's girl:
even relatively speaking, you are fucking idiot.
compromises made in white lace will still
strangle you in your sleep but
you don't know that yet.
dear ricky's girl,
you will keep trying but you will never be enough
to keep him tied down.
but you keep coming back, white lace all over again because
you love that stupid fucking boy.
even as ashes: forgotten you cannot let go.
dear ricky's girl,
i know you call him rick but some day
you will call him ricky because he:
he is someone different now.
or perhaps you're not that white lace girl anymore.

dear jake's girl (reprise):
just because it makes a good story doesn't mean it's meant to be.
and you are still a child.

dear brian's girl:
he is not your life raft to cling to, he is not your saving grace,
not your knight in shining armor to save you from
yourself; while you
systematically self-destruct.
he's not a lot of things.
but he's self-destructing too.
it's epic and it's beautiful but it's catastrophic:
but someday you'll know that's not how it's supposed to be.
he's not a lot of things but he's self-destructing and he's
a seagull and a meteorite across the sky:
meant to be enjoyed most in its leaving.

lovealways;;
hannah.