When the heat
Rises
In summertime
And snow falls
Like crystal rain
There is where
The heart resides
There is where you gain

muscles bulge
on your back. you roll
and crash
into my groin.

your knife cuts deep.

you sigh.

life is a somersault. this moment
you are domesticated
and I am wild.


A smile inches,


victorious,

for you have conquered
the invincible.

The black void
of your rage
always shuts
me up.

My keys are in
the ignition
waiting for me
to run
from the beast
in the next room.


I never do.

i.

A hand reaches
from the myst
and bids me forth
to the darkness.
He tells me not to fear
"You are safe," he murmurs.
The pit of my liver
reminds me otherwise.
Candles,
statues,
and books
fill this moldy chamber.
My whisper
searches for him,
but I recall
only his shadow.

ii.

She lay frozen
in limbo
when I first saw her.
I tended
to her wounds
and redefined her muscles,
for she had none.
She gazed at my broken flesh
with eyes
that pierced my stomach.
At that moment, I knew
her heart was full of tears
and not to fear her touch.
She is both Aphrodite
and Artemis
and I am nothing
if not her slave.

Pieces
Of me
Lie here
On the floor
Can you open
The door
To our love
Want to shine
Feel the sun shine
On me again
Bring back my best friend
Can you come to me
You're leaving
Pieces of me

You know
I'm still in-love
With you
There's nothing
that I wouldn't do

Peace in my heart
Is yours to take

A piece of my heart
Is yours to break

I used to think
Loving you
Was so right
But it was a big mistake
I do not
Want to fight

My heart is yours
To break

A piece off of my heart
Now that we are apart

Your love is there
For me to take
But a piece of my heart
I have to break