- Both Worlds
“A” was the letter he carved in my heart with his cold metal instrument
And red was the blood that rolled down my forehead after I had another incident
Gray was the color of our dead skin when we exfoliated thoroughly
And clear was the water that washed it all down the drain so we wouldn’t have to see
Take my hand in your two hands; I’ve got no one
You’re the best of both worlds
- Everyone I Know
Pitfalls surround this humble home
and I was awoken by the sound of the wolves
howling at my door
Two words hung trembling from her grayish lips
and I felt ashamed to have been a part of it
After all was said and done
After all was said and done
- Have to Lose
With forsythia bursting into bloom,
I first set foot outside of my cobweb-covered room
O, lonely road
O, lovely road
All roads lead nowhere; it doesn't really matter which you choose.
The more you love, the more you have to lose.
- My Storm
You think you know that it is but it's not
You got away with it til you got caught
It is what it is but it's not what you thought
Savor the scent of a fruit cracking open,
the sound of the soft, sacred words that were spoken,
the spindle prick and the kiss by which you were awoken,
and the taste of the blood from the glass that was broken
- Past Tense
I went away for months, or maybe it was years;
my house was overrun by fears.
But while I was not home,
I left a faucet running
and i wont call it "hope,"
but I'm still alive, so that's something
- To the Bone
True love never waits
for the opening of the gates;
it rattles in its cage,
spills its blood over scribbled pages
and staining your sad prose,
spreads like a rose.
- True Colors
I walked into the jaws of the lion
She stalked under the belt of Orion
We caught and disemboweled our disembodied prey
She shot like a bottle rocket into the fray
I crawled into the mouth of the river
She called; her silver voices made me shiver
We spoke; I posed, she painted my reflection
- We Fell
How can we get so lost in the light?
I’m waiting to make up for lost time
‘cause I’m awake for what feels like the very first time
How long have you been hiding here in plain sight?
I’m trying to resist your gravity, but for nought
I’m a luna moth drawn to your light
- Woods
Lost in the woods,
with every step I took
I felt you there with me
I raised your kiss
to my thirsty lips
and laughed as it ran down my throat
- Your Glow
my malaise was molten metal
twisting into golden petals
kiss me softly like a sparrow
suck my soul like mellow marrow
your glow, yellower than yarrow,
burns me like a stinging nettle