You remind me of my needs
Floating by me in your summer dress
We were alone, but you kept yourself
All I wanted was your kiss

Fingers gently rolling off your lips
A goodbye fell from your tongue
I couldn't be more affraid
Forgetting your face, your lips, your eyes

You told me what you wanted
I darkened the sky so you could see the stars
I removed the earth so you could fly
You were all I needed

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You were the first dark step I took then
Knowing your help was as dangerous as your hurt
I wanted to discover you beneath the covers
Where our bodies could blend into perfume
And we could sleep in each other’s dreams

Time has a way of making me forget it all
The walks, the laughter, and the sorrow

My second step was in forgiving you
The mangled mess you made of my heart
The spilled blood, the smell of burned coffee
The stains of which are tattooed across my eyes
I see everything through it now, I can’t help it

Time has a way of making me forget it all
The walks, the laughter, and the sorrow

As we approach the third step of our making
The three heartbeats we created together
Like water melting in the sun we too must go
Let's remember from where we have traveled
And say...It was worth every step of the way

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Oh the sweet dark clashes,
The arrows that rake my soul
Piercing,
Shuttering, my heart

A lumbering breath
away from death
As sunlight cuts my eyes
Beauty fades,
and I am lost

In the hands of death
with crumbled fingers
Darting from the crypt
Of soiled earth

Morbidity, shows,
Pasted to my face
Sunken, cheeks
Once fired like jealous roses
Of a life I cannot keep
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