You step forwards—
within my reach
but with every passing day
the dream I've chased
gets farther away once again.
Not you, not you!
But I and my
inevitable leave.

Can we make this last more than just
one night
one night.

This is the Wednesday's one am.

A song I don't know and eyes I
have yet to look into.

Jasmine rice and green tea
Sambuca and coffee
Cigarettes and ***
Whiskey and scary movies
Cigars and wine
Lap dances and nature walks
Tattoos and Vanilla lips
Ripped jeans and strawberries
Summer nights and smeared lipstick
Strong arms and weak hearts
Tall legs and short tempers
Cappuccino and thick tummies
Piercings and snow storms
Hot chocolate and fireplaces
Sweat pants and afternoon naps
Early mornings with no where to go
Boys and girls who kiss super slow
Conversations that give you butterflies
Staying in bed all day
Crying for hours
Feeling your collar bones
Watching scars fade away
Skinny dipping
Stretching
Laughing
Falling in love
Or out of hate
With yourself
Or anyone else

And
Ya know
People are always ******* tripping over ****.
If all else fails, at least look for that

flooding, flooding
the thoughts keep flooding
i sit alone
watching the water destroy everything
that is my existence
and i haven't moved
an inch
i watch
hour after hour, day after day
and suddenly it occurs to me
that the water in which i am drowning in
is coming from nothing other
than myself
it occurs to me that it isn't man vs nature
its man vs self
and i begin to wonder
just where
my power went