Playing with fire
Whenever I engage with you
Burnt each and every time
I have the scars to prove
You bring the heat
With such fiery elegance
I'm cursed to exist to burn
Within the flames of your twisted love
Left smoldering with each visit
When I'm dead, I'll be charred to the bone
Inextinguishable from the start
Your eyes alone pierce right through
Through my fragile soul
You bring Hell
But, you mean well
It's hard to tell
Who I'm dealing with
Deceived since we first met
An infernal goddess
Until the end

Cody Shull, 2018

Your eyes were the ones that sealed the deal
Your eyes alone captured me indefinitely
Never will I escape this prison of serenity
No need for a key, for I will forever remain
Within your embrace I am at home
Your lips caress my skin
As I breathed the words I feel
You heighten my every sense
You release life's pressures
You are a treasure, a pleasure to know
A pleasure to have and to hold
I gave into convention when I met you
Before I was blind, but now you make me see
A beautiful life lays in front of me, for once
You gave me your time and understanding
You gave me experience
You gave me hope
Hope for another day
To feel okay
To feel loved
Wanted and treasured

Cody Shull, 2018

I buried you under the throes of winter
Frozen stuck, but I will learn to thaw you
Please have confidence in my warmth
Yes, I'm capable, but am I willing?

I promise you I do mean well
Even though I'm deserving of Hell
Yearning to kiss your lips of cold
But, it'll just freeze my soul

Have a little patience for me
I will come around sometime
Have a little faith and you'll see
And I will make sure that you will be mine

Cody Shull, 2017

I did not ask to be born
But, here I am
Alive

I yearn for things
Though, I never want them in the end
Only to disappoint

Never knowing what happens next
Burdened by existence
Cursed to live

Don't ask me how I am
I'll just lie
You don't want the truth

Hiding from discovery
Shunning out the light
At home with the darkness that embraces me

Cody Shull, 2017

Now is the time to forget the stories of old
Masking us away from things that we will never know
Until death and beyond all things will be known
If there is indeed a final destination
Take it or leave it
Our will is the law
Think for yourself
You make the final decision
Unless you're taken out of your own control
It is what it is
It has been known
It's there for you to decide

Cody Shull, 2017

Cannot look away
You are all that matters
You're everything, they're nothing
Reach out and take my hand
I'll take you to a celestial land
Don't be afraid
Do not fear, my dear
For I love you most
We complete each other's destiny
We were meant to come together
Together as one
Forever and always
Without end
In eternal loving devotion

Cody Shull, 2017

Compel Me
You've tried my carnal patience
With a fleeting glance of euphoria
You've torn my little world apart
Frozen in time, I yearn for this moment
Yet, independent and fancy-free I carry on
There's an ounce of hope inside myself
Just maybe you'll compel me

Bottling up my feelings
Keeping what I had seen a secret
I've grown restless and anxious
Wondering if I'll ever get a second look
I do not dare look into your eyes
If we meet eyes, I've already confessed
But, I'm still curious what you've had in mind

Do not ask why this has consumed me
I am the last one to tell
You've paved my path of indecency a darker shade
Confusing my already tainted road to nowhere
More deep-rooted grime onto my slate
Never to be cleansed until we both give in to the fire
A tempting enough blaze to entice the most stubbornest of moths

Cody Shull, 2017