you're a bluebird baby with a falcon stare
tell me one more time
about the cat-scratch secrets
hiding beneath the ****** blankets
you wash once a week
that smell maroon and taste copper
with a hint of saffron and poppy,
just to add to the irony
what else have you been keeping from us?
sometimes I wonder if I had found you first
it would have ended differently
but maybe my fingers in your feathery hair
can't ease your hurricane
that we've come to adore and despise
why did I never see it, screaming,
swelling up in there, that human whirlpool
how many nights were you alone?
when did I see you and your sunshine smile
and couldn't feel the gun pressed against your skull
what else have you been keeping from us?
because despite your skyward eyes
you're one step closer to Hell
please, don't take your mending wings too close to Heaven
you're already there

My eyelids are curtains
That cast a silhouette of my soul,
You're blind to what's behind them,
While they remain closed
They wait to open;

And the light will soon shine
Front and center stage,
An audience of people
To watch my life play;

It is a show, every single day

Pretend to be
a sinking clam into the sea
your last breath has been breathed

All your will, it has been done
All your battles fought and won
Rest your head on your Kingdom

Pretend to be
a castle wall that has been breached
and no help can be seen

All your will, it has been done
Forms presented by the sun
Rest your head on your Kingdom

When we met in hot rain
you got wet and stayed late
you took your breast into my hands

When we spend our last days
I'll be there for always

Took our tests and kept our best foot forward
I knew it was for you
My cherry blossom
summer sweetness
*******
favorite color blue
I love your smile while you defile me

When we spend our last days
I'll be there for always

under a purple night
the moon a pale freckled face
laughing at me
through frosted
windows