Nothing that elicits or inspires desire Is welcome in the place anymore The wind that you hear crying Isn’t crying out of hope or need The hottest we can get is warm But there is no bottom to the cold cold cold cold The impossible, that became the unthinkable, Became the impractical before becoming theContinue reading “The words we were afraid to say…”
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First Impression
I try to make a lousy first impression to avoid heightened expectations and other forms of complications There will be time for explanations later later later later
Different Kinds of Artists
We’re different kinds of artists You and me in both our aims and our results We see the same things but through different pairs of eyes and the color you call green is the one that I call black The fingers I use to hold my brush has been broken for long years The smileContinue reading “Different Kinds of Artists”
Let Me Sleep
Let me sleep and wipe away your figures from my heart Let me hold your moments tight while others fade away Let the wobbling walls all fall and bring the ceiling down Let the rain fill up each cup until it’s overflowing Let me sleep and dream away the time that I have left LetContinue reading “Let Me Sleep”
The Wall I Didn’t Want To Build
The wall I didn’t want to build is rising between us anyway brick by brick by brick I didn’t realize until recently that I don’t need to intend you harm to do you harm As soon as i learned how i started making the mortar the bricks have always been here The skin of myContinue reading “The Wall I Didn’t Want To Build”
