Welcome Winter—
The wind spoke,
And she didn’t know
She could, until
Gusting forth for miles
To send this message
In a softly spoken tone.
One shivers at the thought
Of her voice.

We find fault in each other
Like we're looking for something,
Anything,
To pull us from these rapids
But the water moves so quickly
And the current keeps changing direction
And I don't know which way to kick my aching legs.
You have "don't tread on me" tattooed on your tongue
And the ink seeps through my veins
As I disobey the unwritten laws
That your callous soul has enforced.
And I ignore the sharp curves
And the deafening crashes of the waves
Because maybe my foot will get caught on a rock
Or maybe I'll finally reach the shore.
But I know that if I did
I'd dive straight back in.

I'm drowning in your moans
Every word that melts from your lips
Floods the room about us
Suffocating me into believing
That I would be satisfied
Spending my last moments
Staring into your eyes
Breathless

it's one of those
things; how
coffee, after dinner
sounds good but
you can't sleep when you get home &
how the trees look so beautiful
dying and gold
still, outside it freezes you
down to your bones
it's when you feel like that
last slice of cake that
got left out
it's this
breathing to scream but
don't open your mouth
I've been
digging for reason
buried in doubt
to believe in what's good when
that isn't allowed &
I've swallowed my gun
it was loaded with love but
it shot out my lungs
I learned love's not enough