May 11th

K. I'll tell you straight up. 

This? This. Is. A. Love. Poem. 

The way 

The way all the radio can do is make me think of you. 

The way we've never kissed. 

The way she feels "love" is the biggest four letter word. 

The way her lips meet resistance when she wants to say "love."

The way she translates my heart throbs into penstrokes. 

The way her hair falls over her face. 

The way she carries her identity lighter than air. 

The way we click better than the hands of a clock. 

The way we mesh better than gears. 

The way we write our hearts to each other. 

You are an empty highway

In a flaming sunset. 

43 days left. 

Clock hands are forcing us to pick up the future. 

I'm afraid we'll just have to live with that. 

But at lease we've never been people to scargaze. 

Holy cow I just want to write something beautiful. 

I'll sing to you, and you'll read to me. 

We sound cliche but that's never felt farther away.

This all kind of started with a game of tic-tac-toe. 

From there we've played a game we won't forget. 

We've met an equal match. 

You said you just wanted to harmonize 

And that's all it feels we do. 

So, thank you. 

If you really knew me

My middle name is Allen 

I was born on Nov 14, 1996 

in Tucson, AZ

I'm self conscious about being funny

More often than not idk what to do with my hands 

My mission call is to Chile Osorno

I used to be afraid of learning Spanish 

I like it when people call me "jake" and I love it when they call me "Jake West"

My mom told me not to let anyone call me "Jake" because my name is Jacob.

I stopped doing that because I like jake more. 

Im the oldest of 10 kids and I'm afraid of growing distant from them because of my mission 

I have a 4.0 and 4th term of senior year will probably change that :)

I love laughing hard. 

I make things funny in my head and when people ask why I'm laughing and I try o explain and it never works and then I'll feel dumb

I used to be terrified of fireworks 

Hugs are easy

I'm a sucker for Australian accents

I stress too much about sweating too much

I'm a totall morning person. 

My first dunk was January of sophomore year. 

Also in sophomore year I fasted for the ability to talk to girls... yeah :)

I'm a good sport but I hate losing

When I do something, I give it my all. 

I'm a singer, but I've never sung a solo

I have 45 days left till two years away

Suncerest elementary, I was the king of that school!

I lived my childhood in Orem

I haven't missed a day of scripture reading for 6 years

I love public speaking. 

In 2nd-5th grade I had a "girlfriend" named Gini. We never actually talked.

As a kid I had night terrors. 

I have a chicken pox scar on the outside of my right eyebrow. 

I'm like, really good at throwing frisbees. 

Whenever I break out it's between my eyebrows and idk why. 

Gospel is bae 

I love a girl. 

Her name is gospel. 

Haha jk it's something else. 

My taste in music is expansive. 

Too much makeup makes me gag. No seriously. It does. 

I have a 37" running vertical leap

I love smiling

I have a dead tooth from being elbowed in the mouth

I love poetry

I'm self conscious about dancing like a white guy. 

I put barbecue sauce on burritos and quesadillas. 

My left pocket always holds my iPod. My right holds consecrated oil and Chapstick. Back right holds wallet and back left holds poem drafts. 

I love black people 

My biggest pet peeve is when people glance at their phones while I'm talking to them.