24

I am selfishly in love with myself 

And I will not apologize for that

I refuse to allow you 

To dictate 

My potential 

Evaluate 

My talents 

And limit 

The lengths 

I am willing to go

Your mistake

Was Questioning 

Where I was going 

And my mistake 

Was believing

You deserved an answer 

So next time you ask me:

“What is it that you want?”

It is simple -

I want more. 

"24" - #withloveKM

Nowadays

Trapped in a generation 

Where the products of 

Heartless savages and 

Hopeless romantics 

Have only produced 

Confusion and emotional terror 

Developing the kind 

Of relationships where

We both want to fall

But neither of us 

Wants to fail.

“Nowadays” - #withloveKM 

#TwitterGems

“Time moves forward

No matter how hard 

You attempt to 

Reenact moments 

Of your past 

You wish you could

Relive...” 

#withloveKM

#TwitterGems

#TwitterGems

Self Control

I thought
I was dangerous
Until I met you

And now the idea
Of us both
Joining forces

Seems like I am
Willingly walking
Into mayhem

Only to know
What you look like
Naked.


"SELF CONTROL" - #withloveKM

Run from Me

I tried to 

Tame myself 

For you

Turn my roar 

Into 

A faint meow 

Trim down my claws 

And ease my bite 

I was disguised 

As a lesser version

Of myself 

Only to 

Ensure you

I came 

In peace 

But to hell with you

And your fears

Be terrified.

My roar. My claws. My bite. 

All make me who I am 

If that scares you,

Run. 

"Run from Me" - #withloveKM

The Aftermath

You always said:

"A love like ours 

Could start a war"

And it did:

You VS. Me 

My wounds 

Are scars,

Reminders

Of the fight

I survived 

In the battle between:

Loving you

&

Loving myself -

I won. 

"The Aftermath" - #withloveKM

The Lion

I would like to use my words
To descriptively outline your name

Utilize my verses to
Mimic your roar

Because baby
You are an animal

And I admire that.

"The Lion" - #withloveKM

23

You know what the problem is

With being openly passionate and

Filled with love?

Everyone thinks you're so quick to give it. 

Allow me to be the first to say

I am sorry for the confusion. 

This love here is mine. 

I've worked twenty three long years for this 

And I won't give up all of me

To the next person 

Who tells me they love me -

I couldn't even 

Believe myself 

The first time. 

"23" - #withloveKM 

"Don't Love with Your Whole Heart"

Craving something new

While fixated on the old

Our generation doesn't know

How to shut doors

In order to open new ones

Instead we keep our options open

Keeping our choice unlimited

Yet indecisively making our decisions

One step forward 

While you're still looking back

Then you wonder

Why it is

That you can't move on

You never put all of you 

Into anything.

"Don't Love with Your Whole Heart" 

#withloveKM

Reckless With You

I need 

A few hours 

Alone 

With you 

With a few

Summer albums 

Acting as 

The prelude 

To all the things

I want to 

Do to 

You

Let the songs play 

As I lip sync 

Into your 

Microphone

Try and

Keep quiet baby

This right here

Is my favorite part..

"Reckless With You" - #withloveKM

Immortal

I write about you 

So I can still feel you 

Even when you are not around

Every detail about you 

Is present in every syllable I utter 

If it was up to my pen and paper 

You would live forever  

"Immortal" - #withloveKM

Well Kept Secret

You wanted to make love to me

In all of the ways you could not her

Because she feared the beast in you

However, I tamed it

You wanted to tell me your dreams

The ones that she could not stand to hear

Because she did not believe 

They were attainable

However, I helped you achieve them

You wanted to give me your bad habits

The ones she would judge you for

Because she tried to chastise you 

For your past

However, I always said:

The past makes the man

She loved you for the man

You wanted to be

I loved you for the man that you were.

“Well Kept Secret”

#withloveKM

Just In Case You Forgot

What will it take
For you to realize
They are the substitutes:

The bodies you attain
In an attempt to fill the void
That my absence causes

As many as you consume
You will only continue to
Ruin yourself in your
Quest to wean off of me

They are all but the cigarettes,

I am the drug you need.

#withloveKM

Order Up

He was my whiskey neat, I was his triple shot of tequila... It was always so obvious We were each other's favorite. #withloveKM

Pacing in the Fast Lane

There are some people in this world

That you cannot help but be drawn to

As much as you want to leave them alone, 

You just cannot

That familiar aching feeling to be whole again:

As if they were the missing piece to finding happiness this entire time

Fingers tangle together like the good old days,

Lips and tongues twist the same way they did before

You know what the other wants without saying

And you provide without being told to do so

Loving them 

Is a natural reflex

As easy as breathing

However, you have no idea what it could have been, 

Or what it is, 

Or even what it could be...

But you do know

Whatever it is between you two 

You would rather suffer and have it

Than settle for mediocrity

And never be able to go back to it.

“Pacing in the Fast Lane" - #withloveKM

Never Yours

I have spent most of my time
Worrying about myself

Instead of you

I did not answer
When you called

I did not
Come running
When you needed
Someone

I tried to make it clear:

Not everyone who
Puts their mouth on you
Loves you
Not everyone
You let inside of you
Will stay

I wish you the best.

"Never Yours" - #withloveKM

Learned My Lesson

It is my turn now
To be selfish and unkind

Because as easy as it was for you
For me it will take me time

Unlike you
I have to learn how to
Unlearn the feeling
Discard my heart
And undo the love
I so selflessly
Gave to you

A mistake I will never resent
But I will never make twice.

"Learned My Lesson" - #withloveKM

Working Hard or Hardly Working?

Past my panting and your heavy breathing
Who it is that is doing a better
Job at hiding the real noise in the room 
I am not sure. But here we are again
Pulling the sheets over our heads only to
Cover the bigger problem: You lay with 
My mischief as I find comfort in your 
Deceit. All rolled into the bundle of lies we 
Find comforting. We always find the time
To indulge in the errors of our ways:
Rewarding ourselves for bad behavior 
As if this is something worth deserving. 
The only thing we have earned is the pain. 

"Working Hard or Hardly Working?" - #withloveKM