here's a list
of my favorites
i put together
just for you

( a collection
of songs
i've had on
r e p e a t
in my mind )

in hopes you’ll
find pieces of me
in the lyrics
i quote from
time to time

from love songs
to sad songs -
i  hope they
remind you of
s o m e o n e

Is love the cancer
or the cure?

Is it a drug
with a heartbeat?
Something like an antidepressant
when times get hard,
Nothing but a placebo
for the boredom,
A tranquillizer
that makes life bearable?

Or is it nothing more
than a poison
that courses through my veins?
Something sweet turned to venom
when things go wrong,
nothing but a toxin
that breaks me from the inside,
An anesthetic
with a bitter after effect?

Sugar isn't always sweet.
is love the drug
or the poison?
And is there a vaccine to save me
or an antidote to fix me?

every autumn i watch
the leaves [ fall ] ;
i watch them
spin and twirl
and softly touch the
ground [ in ]
an act of grace
by mother  nature.
i watch them turn
to flames -
shades of red and
orange found
in romance, [ love ]
a  m  o  r  e -
i listen to them
as they crunch
underneath me
and i wonder
what it would
be like to have
someone  
[ with me ]
to spend this
autumn day
with

{ s s }