Someone Worth Dreaming On

Poetry

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Someone Worth Dreaming On

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You let the prose fall right off the rose petals

Boiling hot tea but too afraid to burn your hands on the kettle

You kissed my cheek only to let it bruise

You swear it was all innocent

But why am I still here feeling used

I loved you like a liar loves a poker face

Americana attitude

A shattered vase you swore to never break

You whisper sweet nothings to my ear

But never to my face

Not pretty enough,

I can’t breathe in this dress of pink lace

Only a spark, never a fire to light this place

But lilacs still linger in picture frames

Even if its only a stem I can trace

I gave you my wistful nights

For you to give me a text

You don’t want my heart,

But you won’t give it back

I waited on empty hopes for so long

Now I have to find someone

Worth dreaming on.

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Violet Binczewski is a sophomore at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. She is a published author, with her book “The Ocean and Her Shadows” being released in early 2024. She has also had her work featured in Moonstone Arts Center’s New Voices Anthology 2024 publication, The Elysian exhibit at the Eclipse Center in Lansdale, as well as the Philadelphia Stories Junior 2024 showcase.

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