i like it when
i force the wet out of your burning eyes

i like it when
your soul breaks at the sleight of my hand

i like it when
your smile fades away from your beautiful face

i like it when
you throw yourself at me so desperately

i like it when
you miss me like i miss feeling you
beneath my fingers
underneath my weight
behind the curtain
coughing up love
bleeding out care
and screaming with happiness

i like it when
we play hide and seek
and when i leave
you never know where to find me
maybe i'm at the bar
maybe i'm making you jealous
maybe i'm making love

maybe i'm delusional
maybe i'm irrational
maybe i'm weird
maybe i'm scary
or maybe this is what you call love

Tell me,
What would you do
And,
What would you say
Had I extend my heart to you

Would you run away?

You see, I rehearsed in my head
All the things I wanted to say,

Come, come away with me
Please don't go away.

Every second made my heart flicker
Are you close,
Are you gone forever?

I watch the clock.
I see the time
You are here
But the distance
Is not a friend of mine.

You must go.. I know
Because there's no evidence you see,
For what you have of me

Is like a needle in a haystack

Not enough will it be
For our worlds to collide
And escape to our sweet ecstasy.

Come morning
their innocent eyes would ask
the most difficult of questions.

My heart would stall.
My tongue would stiffen.

And my eyes would answer back
with tears.

I remember the evening
that we sat clinging
to paper cups
of coffee gone cold

over secrets spilled and memories told
two bodies cursed
with hearts grown old

behind your eyes
I found new worlds
A winding road stretched out for miles
to a small cafe at the end of the isle

Sweet pastries filled the mouths
of those who sat beside us
and stayed for a while.

How the hours went by,
people just passing through
The descending sun ending
a forever with you.