Put my loneliness into a bottle
And toss it into the dark waves
Someone is bound to
Find it in the light
And pick it up

Last night I looked out the window
And I saw the silver moon
Reaching down
And plucking the chords
Of our crimson shattered heart

I was too afraid to say a word
So I sat there, looking at you

Your eyes are like the chocolate, thought I
Enticing, sweet, comforting, and kind
Your eyes are like a fireplace, thought I
Radiating with warmth, hope, and truth
Your eyes are like a swift stream, thought I
Swirling with thought and imagination
Your eyes are like the moonlit stars, thought I
Beautiful gems, bright diamonds, glittering love

Suddenly, for an instant, they found me
And they pronounced me guilty of looking
I was too afraid to say a word
So I sat there, looking at my toes

If only you could spare a glance
If only you could share a smile
If only you could look at me
And see something, someone
Behind this mask of fear

A shrill wind from the west had started to blow
Howling and slashing against my dry skin
Like two cars kissing, like the lovers breaking
Like brutal winter in an Arctic night

Suddenly, unwittingly, they began to fall
From the cliff of laugh lines they tumbled down
First like spring rain relieving the cold
Then like summer storms thawing the heart

Like crystalline diamonds harder than stone
Like glittering gems reflecting the moon
Like rings of silver unmarred by the rust
Like shattered glass distorting my view

For shame or for love, for regret or for hate
For lost or for frustration, in anger and sorrow alike,
Forked streaks of saltine river, like serene waterfalls
Crashing down and down a stormy mountaintop

They made no noise yet they thundered loud
They took no shape yet blurred the edge of light
Their soft baby teeth bit hard into the flesh
Drawing more blood to conjoin the tears

You're the poison
I can't run from
Your gaze holds me still
Your smiles tie me down
Your words drag me under
One touch on the shoulder
And I'll be out
Forever

I am the storm
You are the peace
Everything I do
Makes you go away

Alone I shed my tears
Among the battling winds
I mourn a dreadful loss
The price of you is death