Lana Del Rey

I acknowledged who you were for the first time.

I didn’t call you by any other name

I let you know that I knew the true nature of your heart-

that it was evil

that it convinced me that darkness is real

that the devil is a real devil

and that monsters don’t always know they are monsters.

You said I don’t know who I am

But I do know who I am.

I love Rose Gardens

I buy violets every time someone leaves me

I love the great sequoias of Yosemite

They write that i’m rich and i am but not how they think

i have a safe i call the boyfriend box

and in it every saved receipt

every movie theater ticket just to remind me

of all the things i’ve loved and lost and loved again

unconditionally