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Stardust
You call to me from your bedsheets,say you’d rather see me dead than to see me with another girl,butterflies whirl,and in the middle of the night,when I dance through your dreams,your name is smeared across my lips in stardust. Starstruck.
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You Keep Making The Same Mistake
You inspired me with a soulful performance of vulnerability,something sent to be seen by my eyes, and my eyes alone,true blue truth from my brown eyed belle,a single tear traces down your clear skin as you clutch me in your embrace,Glenn Miller filling the air,afraid I will run, again. Your fear is not unfounded,but I’ve…
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
I can’t shoot up,because addictions in my blood,but drinking’s not enough,and I’m starting to struggle. I’ve got a cold right now,and I’m hoping that every cough could be my last.I’m never that lucky.It’s Monday again and I’m on a busy bus,hiding from the nightmares that await me back in bed. I dreamed of you, once…
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Jam Sandwich
He grew like a weed,sprouting and towering above me,but in my eyes,he was still five years old,jam under his fingernails,reaching up with a smile and sticky hands. When he was three, he struggled to speak,but by thirteen, I couldn’t shut him up,always gabbing,babbling about the football as dinner falls from his excited mouth,a stern stare…