A twilight brings solace
Dawn brings announcement
Morning brings the work
The sweat and the blood
Pooling beneath us
The dusk brings goodbyes
The night brings reflection
Twilight brings prayer

I never knew of such civil wars
our bodies could muster
How these insides can have such malice
My mind and my heart constantly at arms
neither willing to wave the white flag
How can these battles come to a halt
When the brain gives me the logic
But this heart burns to love

The purest of loves is that
when you see her happy
in the arms of another
rather than your own
and be content to know
that her heart is safe

I sang my soul for years
where’d that get me?
Empty as the bottles
We cast out to sea

All of them filled
With the words of the moon
'I hope you get betters'
and 'I’ll see you soons'

When we had our late night drunken conversation
I talked of how the last one should've treated you better
How your worth is something heaven sent
You told me stories of the islands
The ocean and how it makes you feel at home again
I watched your mouth form love poems to the room
I responded with all the things I loved too
All the poems that brought me to my knees
All the seasons and how each of them hold us
I forgot to say how I love you
And how I woke with those words still
trapped behind my lips

My throat became a chimney
I used my feelings for the fuel
My mouth plumed my insides
Sent smoke signals with my heart
All to say to you the things
I could not put to words