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Hide and Self Destruct
A man is a man,and a man is a hiding place.Your flaws are just features of the cavern I created for myself to waste away. I used to wait for you by the lakes,do you remember?The night would fall and I would be found on the bank,silently begging for you to push me into the…
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Thunderstorms, Tempting Gallows
She’s hiding somewhere in lost memories,lips lost behind her hands so she won’t make a sound,thunderstorms,tempting gallows,while the earth keeps turning round. Not tonight.Not for a minute.You’ve got plans. I wish I could call her tomorrow,say that it all turned out just fine,but she knows every inch of my voice,she knows when I lie,even if…
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Inevitable Rain
The sun rose,so I followed,the sky, warm and welcoming,before the clouds came.The clouds always come,and I am always surprised,as if the sunrise cannot ever be a signal of something other than brightness. The sun rose,and I responded, with my usual enthusiasm and blind optimism,running around myself to escape the inevitable rain,but just like the clouds,it…
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Phobia
You said that you were thinking of me,when you knew the spell was broken,echoing through the almost empty hallway,extending your reach,grasping as you try to grapple me in place again.I had slipped from the web,broken free of my bounds,bursting into a run,racing for my life,but you crawl with chaotic speed.I’ve written a lot of horrific…
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Lilac Love Songs
Your name lives rent free on red, ravenous lips,your kiss has colonised my conscious hours,craved at each clicking tick of the clock,and I’m not prepared for how preoccupied I’ll be with this passion. Hello.Hello, again.Life is lilac love songs when I lie in your arms,ruled by one glance of soft cerulean,enslaved by your enchanting, effervescent…