2018-01-06 21:24
I wish my summer nights stopped feelingLike drops of Jupiter and lilac;I wish that I didn’t keepWishing for you to come back.
I wish I had the piece of mineTo find again my self-contro… Read More
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2018-01-06 21:21
When it kept knocking at my wallsAnd your ghost kept walking down my halls,I took the moonlight from this townAnd I used it to write you down.
When the nights were long and cold,My soul rest… Read More
2018-01-06 21:19
In hindsight, they all taught me something.
One to stop loving so blindly.
One to sop believing so much in everything and everyone.
One to catch fire and set fire.
One to accept that some p… Read More
2018-01-06 21:09
There’s a castle in the bayWhere the children go to play;
It’s made of salt water and sand
And teaches people how to stand.
There’s a marble house so brightOn the hills kis… Read More
2017-12-26 19:02
I’m trying to find myself between the lines;
I’m building castles out of broken rhymes.
I’m falling down the steps of this old home
As I strangle this soul I used to call m… Read More
2017-12-11 21:00
I climbed the highest mountain tops Where my tears turned to dew drops; I asked the echoes where he is, But their silence was thicker than his.
Then I went and asked a wandering breeze To h… Read More
2017-11-22 20:47
What if you woke up one day And ran out of reasons to stay? What if you suddenly found out I’m what you can’t live without?
What if you looked at the door And couldn’t take… Read More
2017-11-14 20:59
I’m both the venom and the cure, I am bright and I’m obscure. I am the shadow and the flame, I am a breeze you cannot tame.
Cause I’m the virtue and the sin, I’m the… Read More
2017-11-01 20:23
THE ROCK AND THE BOTTOM
I sang, I sang my lips off, I sang until I’d bleed and cough. I carried songs with my voice shaking And did not let you hear it breaking.
I wrote, I wrote you o… Read More
2017-10-15 19:06
Take my hand and hold it tight, Let’s run off into the night. Count your blessings by my smile And we’ll fall in love just for a while.
Hit the road at high speed chase With me i… Read More
2017-10-14 12:26
Better than this, Better than you, Better than asking Myself what to do.
Better than us, Better than that, Better than wondering What page we’re at.
The one I seek You’ll never b… Read More
2017-10-09 18:10
“She was the kind of pretty that hurts. I looked at her and I felt pain resonating through my bones, an ache that came from knowing the universe had spilled stardust and magic and curl… Read More
2017-10-08 18:23
I’ve got a hunger in my bones of wilderness … Read More
2017-10-04 12:45
And it torches and it burns, We’re setting fires, taking turns. And it’s scorching oh so good, Hotter than we knew it could.
It’s leaving ashes in our lungs We taste on eac… Read More
2017-09-02 20:19
It is the ticking of the clock Mocking me with each tick tock, And the sound of all these words Cutting through paper like swords.
It is the shallow breaths I take Wondering how long ‘… Read More
2017-08-27 21:07
I found the one who taught me first What’s like to have your heart ablaze, But I was to soar and he was a chain, So long ago we parted ways.
I found the one who stared me down, Tore d… Read More
2017-07-23 17:02
My metaphors have kept me warmWhen I ran out of pages to burn,For when it all felt like a curse,I found blessing in a verse.
I listened close to my soul’s cries,I searched the seas, I… Read More
2017-07-07 18:15
I opened my window And in came a bird; He dropped by to tell me No songs goes unheard.
I opened my window And in came a breeze, To kindly remind me I bear the strength of trees.
I opened my… Read More
2017-06-05 21:19
Three hundred and sixty five Days since I’ve last felt alive. I look back on this bridge I’ve crossed And I let go of what I’ve lost.
Three hundred and then some nights Whe… Read More
2017-04-28 21:06
There once was a man with danger in his eyes,Born to deception and broken by lies;He searched the whole world for a purpose to meet,He never looked back and he trusted his feet.
The road was… Read More
2017-04-24 19:44
I want, I need, I wishThe world could fit into my palm,Then with these whispers you can’t hearI’d be the storm and you, the calm.
I need, I wish, I feel Like I could use a raging… Read More
2017-03-20 22:12
I need a cigarette to burn At the edges of my tongue, Where teeth scrape against my lips, To scorch this poison from my lungs.
I need a thunderstorm to wash These layers of my feverish skin… Read More
2017-03-19 15:58
Blue was for her eyes so bright, The sun was jealous of their light, For that ocean-stained gaze I’d sail directionless for days.
Red was for those lips I kissed, That mouth that spo… Read More
2017-03-14 19:08
One. You look at him and breathe. You feel unsteady on your feet. They say first steps are hard to take And the decision, hard to make.
Two. He looks at you and tries So hard to read it in… Read More
2017-02-27 21:11
If I wanna scream, I’ll scream, Tear myself apart seam by seam, Fill my lungs with needles and sand And try to make them understand.
If I wanna break, I’ll break. When you can&rs&hell…Read More
2017-02-21 22:28
I’ve got poison on my lips And in my glass, red wine. I’ve got you in my bloodstream And this porcelain heart of mine.
I’ve got oceans in my veins And to sail them, you alo… Read More
2017-02-17 22:27
If you ever come back, it’ll all have changed, But I’ll still be the same, We won’t look back on what we’ve lost, There’ll be no one to blame.
If you ever come… Read More
2017-01-26 16:02
Eleven minutes past eleven. I wish that time were standing still, So I can taste some of forever And still have more of it to kill.
Eleven minutes past eleven. I wish I hadn’t closed m… Read More
2017-01-21 16:36
I told him I’m a pebble, A grain of sand lost on the shore. He said, “No, you’re every wave Of the seas I kneel before.”
I told him I’m a feather, Floating away… Read More
2017-01-16 00:27
I’ve got about a dozen ways To let you know I’m walking out, A dozen steps to reach the door And one last kiss to plant the doubt.
I’ve prayed about a hundred times For my… Read More
2017-01-13 22:53
Give me a pencil, give me a paintbrush, I’ll draw my desires and my fears in a rush, I’ll sketch up a home, a castle, a town, A kingdom of madness and a fool’s crown.
Give… Read More
2016-12-26 23:42
They watch the phoenix and dare to admire As she sets herself on fire. But who stood over her ashes to mourn, And wondered if she’d be reborn?
Who cried for her when she was gone And w… Read More
2016-12-14 22:53
My footprints bled into your carpet,
My tear-stained cheeks dried by the sunset.
For one last kiss to you I’m drawn,
But whose lips will you kiss when I’m gone?
I won’t loo… Read More
2016-11-18 19:34
Horizons are made of shadows
And hope is made of burnt ash,
Cause when the skyline found my footsteps
Light and dark were meant to crash.
Horizons are made of silver.
I’ve chased them… Read More
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