LJ Chaplin

LJ Chaplin Mar 2014

Please
Become
Entangled
In the wool
You blinded me with.

LJ Chaplin Mar 2014

Lungs

Iron cast and weighing me down,
These lungs filled with air,
Take me from the ground,
Lift me up above the clouds,
High above the moon,
The wind and rain are the only sounds.

Anchored to the seabed,
These lungs have filled with water,
Fish and memories swim through my head,
Watch me fall apart and rest,
A shipwrecked soul and covered in coral,
Locked away inside a treasure chest.

A desert storm and I'm still lost,
These lungs are filled with sand,
Each grain inhaled comes at a cost,
Flip me over like an hourglass,
Watch the time fall away,
Lungs die down and breaths never last.

LJ Chaplin Mar 2014

Veins (10w)

Oxygen
       Can't
         Suppress
                    The
                       Fire
                        That
                          Rages
                           Through
                                       My
                                          Veins

LJ Chaplin Mar 2014

Haiku: Pulse

Thud-thud goes my heart,
The blood is flowing through me,
Flatline came too soon.

LJ Chaplin Mar 2014

I'm Sorry

And I,
I carried you home,
And I,
Felt the world grow so cold,
I was too cruel to be kind,
I saw myself fall behind,
I'm too out of reach to hold onto you.

I'm sorry I should have listened,
I'm sorry I let go of you,
Forgive me my heart is so loud to hear,
My mind cave in and fall through,
I'm sorry that I gave up on you.

And I,
I cast it in stone,
The lies,
Chained to me and let it fall,
I was too bad to be good,
But I misunderstood,
And I was too selfish to hold onto you.

LJ Chaplin Feb 2014

Strike Me Down

Do you see me in the headlights?
A frightened deer in the night time sorrow,
Push down on the accelerator honey,
I'll be gone by this time tomorrow,
My heart beats in the trees
And my voice is in the soil,
My fear is in the air
As my blood begins to boil,
I'm a natural born disaster,
So don't wait until the morning after,
Strike me down.
Down.
Down.
Down.
Leave my body on the road
And soak my skin with red lights,
Disappear into the dark,
A hit and run at midnight,
My baby left me high and dry,
I'm lost without a compass,
Death is far beneath my closest friend,
His soul is too close for comfort.

LJ Chaplin Feb 2014

The Flames, The Ashes, The Phoenix

Last November,
Sparks were flying between us,
we lay in bed,
my head on yours,
Your fingers tracing my neck,
Two pulses, one moment.
January,
It went up in flames,
February,
I nestled myself in the ashes of what we once were
And I still had hope.
Now,
Here we are,
The phoenix has awoken between us,
Shaking the ash of it's feathers
And letting the scorching heat
Lift it into the air.
I miss you,
I love you.
I wish I could burn away the miles
Between us as if it were
A match,
I don't want the embers to smoulder
For seven more months
When I finally return,
I want the inferno
Now,
With you,
Because you love me.