Frightened of the way,
The volume of burden piles higher.
Scraping the skies;
Reaching into the underground.
Trying to fit the position,
Of the needle inside me.
Growing smaller with each bend in its body,
That sacrifices the human behind the machine.
Submerged under the surface;
Hidden beneath the facade,
Of the critters that sculpt honor
Into the frame of my face.
Harvesting acceptance and pride from others,
Who define one look as the truth of pretense.
Blinding eyes from the girl that once lived.

Loving you turned cold.
Wicked smile and glistening eyes,
Held the essence of the sunlight,
That beamed upon my heart.
Adventure through the winds that crossed our path,
Sparked the wildfire of my days,
And my slumber under the moon.  
A perfect picture of the crown I once wore,
Shattered under the glassed face,
Decorated with the mark of love,
Only behind the eyes carved into stone.
Darkness brings the hollow sound of the siren,
The faded scent of the candle,
That once burned bright between us.
Days slip by as our journeys untangle,
Mine tarnished, but yours forgotten,

How many tries does it take?
One too many creates a boulder,
That takes a mountain to climb.
The path is reborn at dawn but unfinished at dusk.
Moments filled with bricks,
Stolen from the ones that gave you breath
Slowly scraping the surface,
To unveil the colors inside
Only to find they were uprooted.
Seconds before your time

I am untied
Bound not by the broken leaves
Severed from the golden dew
Released from the budding rose
Sweet song fills my bones
One that if heard by others
Melts into the silence
Ridges lie flat beneath my feet
Untouched by the desire of the heart
Or the melancholy of the mind
Snow fills the footprints
That I leave behind
Masking the ghost of the trail
Exposing the grief within

Words spill out from under me
The twinkle in the distance blooms no more
Efforts and blood seem entangled
United as an entity only meant for destiny
My kingdom of walls soars higher
Growing roots with each brick
Late nights and wallowed time
Seep into the Earth
Never to unmask its colors
Wistful stares and bleeding hearts
Fit into the empty space
Built by the last stroke of life
That hid in the shadows of midnight toil
Hinges creak in the last breath of their time
To never let another through

My blood strains in my chest
In my gut
My lungs tighten by the second
I rush through my thoughts
Paralleled by the worry racing through my veins
Black ink follows my eyes through every corner
It taunts my memory
Demanding infiltration
But all I see is a jumbled haze
Of death sentences written on every wall
In every book
Steaming from the voices of those around me
Voices that reek of mimicry and torture
Voices reminding me I am empty, hollow
Crushed by the weight of expectation
I bury my head into the desire of the world
I allow myself to be dragged across fields of jargon
That penetrate my sanity
Numbness spreads like an alarm from my fingers to my toes
I succumb
I am a machine
Enslaved by the black ink

You loved me once
You loved me twice
You loved me everyday
Every moment, every smile, every second
But you left me
Leaving only whispers behind
I feel your memory in the silence
I love you in the emptiness
I see you in the darkness
But you left me
Your ashes scar my dreams
Your scent haunts my days
Your eyes pierce mine
Drowning in memory
I see you once more
Your fingers brush mine
I listen for your heartbeat
And find only the hummingbird’s song
And I remember
You left me

I don’t know how to love
My heart cries everyday for you
It stings with the needles that your words create
Your actions burn like fire in my tender skin
My eyes swim in rivers of regret
I see you with contempt
But love you with life
My brain bites the sound of your song
Every night I long for you in my arms
Slowly, the gravity of your presence kills me
It shatters my soul and carves my wounds
My flesh kindles in the flame
That you stir with one glance
Only you quench the ache that you create
I would die for you
But you would **** me first
Love is tangled in between
I don’t know how to love

The Sun lets its rays circle around us
It’s golden light touches us every day.
We take one breath and feel the emptiness as it courses through our lungs
Existing as just wisps of our pain.
The Sun never stops shining
Yet one day we will stop breathing.
It cannot revive the silent beat of our heart
Or bring back the red flush of our cheeks.
We become one less person to share the glow of the sun
Our eyes stare unyielding into the brightest light,
Seeing nothing.
Now I am in the wind whistling through the trees.
I am in the golden and purple streak of the sky
When the Sun opens its eyes.
You will see me reborn in the bloom of a young rose,
Beauty reflecting in my innocence.
I have no body; I am only my soul.
I am whole for within me is nothing but what God created.
I am exposed to you within death
For I am stripped of the flesh that gave me life.

One glance at the night sky,
And its shimmer reflects in his eyes.
Twinkling them as I surround myself with memory
Beaming down at him.
My heart flutters when locked with his.
Our bond tied from the Earth to the heavens.
Raindrops touch his cheeks,
Glistening under the shallow light upon him.
I blow a kiss through the winds,
Which rustles his hair as he weeps.
My soul returns the grief of longing.
And I slowly slip away.
So sunlight may dry his tears once again.

A single life in the night sky,
Matches the innocence of her eyes.
Eyes that once fixed upon me,
Beamed with the glow of a thousand rubies.
Midnights spent gazing at the gems,
That dotted the sky.
With her warmth to coat the mist,
That shielded us from the unknown.
Seconds flow into years
That I don’t feel her eyes on mine.
He stole the spark from within her
And painted it across the heavens,
So that the moon shone the brightest of them all.