Us

Smooth hands running along legs that should be running out your door,

but this is what we keep making mistakes for.

Don't fall asleep until I wake you up,

be quiet until we hold ourselves together.

This is perfect but it's the worst move we've made.

Missing you creates a nightmare that only we've shared.

Overpass

Direction straight, sweeping left,

Aim at crossing, misconception.

Overhearing waves’ murmurs to each other.

Nervous, height over ominous water.

Head swirling, smoke spinning, fire lit, breathe in,

Breathe out, don’t slip, focus everything at the bridge.

Stepped onto solid surface while protected,

Accompanied by imbalance that never existed.

‘Thud!’ and our feet hit the greener grass

As we both wander effortlessly back

To our hideous, daily, distant prison

That tries to teach us all of life’s lessons.

To You, From You

And if I could see a promise kept of your silver smile,

Maybe it would stop the sun from looking quite so bright.

It’s been blinding my tears, every golden sunrise,

And now I’m fallen, sick and tired.

My head’s sick, tired and spinning,

Everything’s hitting

The walls inside.

Look behind,

The corners of my sordid, twisted, disappearing mind.

Too many empty words that lie,

When you read everything I want to shout in my eyes.

Wonderful Christmas Time?

Take this pretty mistletoe and live under its prying eyes.
Dreams filled with wistful, dying breaths and excruciating sighs.
The frosted windows scream cold into your breath,
With your arms around me, aim it at my neck.

I Won't Tell A Name

My irises land on you, hard to look elsewhere when you look like that

Look straight back,

Just to glance away, look away, now fixated.

Replace recurring tears, try to keep still

My eyes set straight, looking straight, into my bedroom walls.

Don’t trust my smiles on the last day of my year

Ignore forced laughs, a heavy chest nobody sees, masked.

Simple to speak, difficult to be true

Words that could save me from dying over you.

Dry Floods Of Emotion

Perfect lies cried out, lying here,

Staring at eyes that can’t cry her tears,

Arms holding, but out of reach,

Euphoric screaming, feel him breathe.

Hands entwined, possession warm,

Everything so right but entirely wrong.

Shrill But Gentle Dreams Of You

Your voice rings out,

My heart races, heavy.

Look in my eyes,

Smile one more time. Early

Sky turns blue, crying

Like the pictures in my mind.

Flooding heart of red,

Anger, pain, obsessed.

The flattering utterances escaped in song

Drowned all doubt that evidently belonged.