Dead
Floating to the top of the bowl
Pounding heartbeat growing fainter in my ears
Time slows to a stop in the fading light
No control over
Motions
Emotions
Actions
Yours or mine
Shock like morphine
Can’t feel the pain but it’s there
Flying under the radar for now.
I want a reaction.
I want tears down my face,
My soul in flames,
Put my heart in the blender and call it a day.
I don’t want to be this island.
Don’t isolate me here.
You won’t be the first,
You won’t be the last
But don’t be the one now
I can’t handle that.
I want you to talk to me.
Remember what you said.
I want you to smile again.
Forget what I said.
Was I too much trouble?
Well I’m sorry.
I thought you cared more than that.
(If you don’t, tell me.)
I thought you were smarter than that.
(If you aren’t, I want to know.)
I thought you were telling the truth.
(If you weren’t, say something.)
Don’t feel like you’re the only one
Who aches for someone’s arms
(holding you tight)
Who wants to be loved so damn bad
(my eyes get sheltered by the lids)
Who misses being kissed
(we touch lips as I wake up)
Be someone’s hero.
You might as well be mine.
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In the middle of this vast sea of humanity
I am more alone than I have ever been before
Pushed along by the crowd’s ebb and flow
Staring blankly at no one in particular
But everyone at once.
Then, there are two in my universe
I turn and there you are
Waiting for me
Me…
The stars have aligned
My mind shuts down and I run
Waves of happiness as you speak into my neck,
The sounds vibrating from your head to mine.
I breathe your sweet scent
I am complete.
Suddenly
You’re saying something
I’m not saying anything
But that’s only because I can’t hear you.
Then you smile as you turn to leave,
You reach out and touch my arm
And you’re gone.
Wait, there was so much I had to say!
So much…
But I would never say what I really wanted to
Even if I could have thought of it.
Everything would be ruined then.
The moment is over now, a flash in the pan.
At least I know this will not be the end.
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Breaking out
Getting free
Finding out
What it is to be me
Done playing games
No more drowning in the sea
Nothing’s gonna be the same
What’s it mean to be me?
Can’t hold me back
Don’t even bother trying
Getting this life back on track
So over all my crying
I won’t be making more amends.
Do I know you?
Do you want us to be friends?
Yeah, I do too.
Left my baggage at the train
I’m not going back to get it
Arms outstretched, running in the rain
Happy and free from all that shit.
Kissing it all goodbye
Kissing it all goodbye
Kissing
It
All
Goodbye.
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Ready to fight
Weapons loaded
Shaking things up
Tribal fires blaze around us
Sparks rise to join the stars
Faces obscured with paint
Trappings of battle covering our bodies
Intricate motions in time to the steady beat
Mesmerizing, beautiful.
Breath taken away
We’ll take your breath away
We are strong
We are warriors
Won’t be stopped
Many will stand to join.
Few will stand with us.
Fewer still will have what it takes
To survive the night.
Behind our lifted masks
Behind the pins and needles
Behind the tatters and broken glass
Lies our truth.
You see,
We are fragile
Delicate
Pure
This is part of who we are.
Cohorts
Fashionistas
We’ll take your breath away.
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Rain soaks the streets
Pollution sky looks down
Sheds tears at what is seen.
Gentle hum of the motor
Steady tap of rain on sheet metal
Looking up at the diffused light
On this high-contrast day
Leap from safety into the damp
Into a lake
Turn towards the cab
A burst of color in this grey, grey world
Soon swallowed in the distance
Running for the safety of indoors
Up the stairs.
Turn left.
There’s the door.
Inside now.
Home.
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