Alice Baker

Alice Baker Nov 2014

Before the dawn is the dark
But that's when the streetlights glow
They flicker in the night
Calling for you

And every whispered dream hangs
Over the sleepless nights
Tossing and turning
Waiting for you

So go on, my love
Freedom was never free
Pick up the pieces, dear
Love was never guaranteed

Alice Baker Oct 2014

Forecast

Work work work
Money money money
Work work work

Work work work
Die slowly
Die slowly
Die slowly
Money money money
Work work work

Alice Baker Sep 2014

Free to Fall

My fingertips grip at nothing on the edge of a slippery *****.
Aching to hold onto the sanity I feel I deserve,
But nothing's sane. Nothing's tame.
And in that sense I have nothing.
To let go would be a sin, wouldn't it?
To succumb to the numbness of the emptiness,
I don't know how to feel, but have I ever known?
Maybe it'd be freeing to fall.

Alice Baker Sep 2014

Lost in My Head

I want to scrub my skin until it's raw
I want to clean until the floors shine
I want to put on a face

I want to lie in bed forever
I want to smoke until I cough up black
I want to drink until I can't feel

I want to make them smile
I want to tell a joke
I want to be funny

I want to hide
I want to lock my room
I want to run away

I want to succeed
I want to never worry again
I want to be happy

Alice Baker Jun 2014

Burn

We are moths and love is our flame.

Alice Baker Jun 2014

Forever Yours, Forever Mine

I can't really say that I never loved you
I thought I did.
I think I didn't.

Even so your name still rings in my ears
Sometimes I smile when I hear it
Sometimes I hide.

Never for a moment do I question
Your impact
The me I was no longer is.

She is forever,
Yours

I am forever,
Mine

#love

Alice Baker May 2014

The Social Life of a Quiet Night

The quiet night
Mourns the sunset
As it's whispered cries
Seep into the hollow hearts
Of those who dwell
Past twelve.

Their achy spines
Shrivel in the moonlight
That bounced off the fields
Though they'd rather shrivel
Than burn.