in the morning
when i told you
that i want you
and needed you

i'm not sure what i meant by that

something
takes over
in the wake of
past lovers

i just want you here

meanings
and feelings
sure signs
and readings

lead my mind along the way

arms wide
heart closed off
your crooked smile
my smoker's cough

we are sure set to tragedy

i'll press on
and fret not
with blind eye
& muted thought

it's what soothes the mind, at times

there's no shame
in wanting
what's so pure
and haunting

flooding now the world around

in rose tinted
perfumed
oceans of the
blood spewed

from the people you became

when you got in your own way