I
only
agreed
  to visit
you
  to see
if
  you
could
  cook
never
did
I
  ever dream
you'd
  be
so good
  at
it

The
sky is
the kind
of gray
that
it
gets in
the fall –
even here
where
the temperature
barely changes
and
the trees
keep their leaves -
The sky
and
the air
and
the breeze
make me
ache –
like
I'm waiting
for something
that
never really
gets here –
like
I'm yearning
for something
that
I can
barely imagine.

Betrayal
disappointment
disrespect
they're
the prices
that
we pay
when
we
imagine
Eden

Safety
is
a card trick
a slight of hand
a conjure
something
people
fabricate
to
help them
stay
alive -
We
are all
illusionists
at
one time
or
another -
Without
a little
magic
we
just
can't
survive

I'll
show
you
my collection
of
beautifully
broken
things -
A doll
with
one eye
missing
A half-shattered
porcelain
cup
A spoon
too bent
to sip
from
a disc
too scratched
to play -
I'll
show you
my collection
if
you
show me
yours

Let's
do something
you
can't do
like
lasso
the moon
like
paint
a mural
on
a snail's shell
like
make
a mute
bird
sing
Now
let's
do something
I
can't do
like
love you

I've
asked
for
forgiveness
and
I've
prayed
for
grace
I've
asked
God
to make
me
good -
just
not
right
away