Liz Devine

Liz Devine Jan 2013

I cannot wait,
forever

Without hope,
or some kind of sign
that this impossible love
is a possibility

No, I can't go on,
waiting in the dark
or screaming in silence

Dying day by day
watching you break my heart
without touching it at all

Liz Devine Jan 2013

Your Home In My Heart

You wanted one,
ever since you were young

Thought you found it,
once or twice
but it never lasted long

Home,
You've got a home
in me

There's a place in my heart,
where I built you a home
Made of sticks and shabby stone,
I'll keep it there my love,
I won't leave it alone

Home,
You've got a home
in me.

Move in my darling,
take your leave
I'll keep you safe,
and give you everything you need

I'll paint the walls,
and wash the floors
I'll make it a palace,
and keep unlocked the doors

Your kingdom I will build,
upon my sturdy back
I'll keep you forever,
your love is all that I lack

Home,
You've got a home
in me.

Liz Devine Jan 2013

I Would Have Loved You Better

I wanted to be the one,
who could hold you so completely
love you so fully
keep you safe in my heart
protect you, care for you
forever and ever and into the abyss

But you wouldn't let me
didn't realize what you were fighting
what you were really giving up
when you left and forgot to return

I could've loved you
and baby I would've loved you
better
and stronger
than anyone could prove possible
no matter
mother, lover, or friend

I could have loved you better
But even though you said
you were ready for real life
you're not

No, your young heart can't take
the power of a love like mine

Liz Devine Dec 2012

I Spread My Legs to Speak

I said "**** me"
but what I really meant was
"love me"
"hold me"
"don't ever leave me"

I let you inside my body
but really you were moving
through my heart
and into my soul

I grabbed you tightly
because I didn't have the words
couldn't say, couldn't do
what I longed to

Now you're gone
and I feel as empty
as an old
tin cup

Liz Devine Dec 2012

I Watched Our Love Die

I sat and watched
the bottom break out
the inside shatter
and the nothingness seep through

I was cold next to you
my hand creeping towards yours
as your body shied away

And there it was
the love we made
the heart we shared
was gone

This is low of letting you go
and the way it feels
to feel nothing

Because once it dies
it can't live again
and once my love is gone
you will never get it back

Liz Devine Dec 2012

Sometimes I Like to Touch it

Sometimes I like to touch it
that warm little place inside of you
where I built a home for us,
yes just me and you

Sometimes I like to kiss it
that mouth,
and those lips
hot and red like chilies

and oh that body, baby
tease me, stop me, tempt me if you will
I love to drag my hair across it
just to hear you laugh

I am venus rising
I'll be your greatest goddess
we'll play pretend
laugh and fight

I'll be here in the morning
as long as you lay,
beside me tonight

Liz Devine Dec 2012

Wasted Little Love

I used to sink into you
bottom to the bottomless
I was gone and you,
were all that was left

Once I swam through your veins
and carried your heart in my teeth
used your lungs as drums
until it was me who was moving,
you

I sang through your mouth
and blew kisses from behind your lips
laughed in your ear
and whispered something sweetly dangerous,
that only I could hear

But then you dropped me out
out of sight and out of mind
left behind in a ditch or a sewer,
with the rest of your used condoms

Your filthy little touch
left to reside in my memory
will be all that's left of you
because I'm out of the mud now,
that's right baby, I'm free