Adrenaline ignites me
Poetry serenades me
Routine murders me
Romance sedates me
Rain waltz's me
Music hypnotizes me
Chaos romances me
Instability intrigues me
Art melts me
Reality scares me
Society humors me
Classics make me
Time molds me
Lessons create me
Family guides me
Summer strips me
Friends hold me
Colors birth me
Laughter tears me  

&

You, my sweet
are all the above

I heard a song
and it made me want to fall in love
to jump into
the unknown
where my lover and I
are poisoned
with chemicals
that dilate our pupils
increase our heart rate
paint the world a better hue
reach ultimate euphoria
and ****** to a mental state
out of this world

It could be for a minute, a day, a year
maybe forever
It could be a passing thing,
a misunderstood stare,
a "I wanted to tell you but I never did" moment
It could be now, him, her? You?
It could be in 20 years, or - 10 years?
It could be waiting for you, just when you leave work today?
across the street, waiting for the elevator, tomorrow morning,
It could be in a different country?
It could be...
but a heart misses a feeling
just like the body misses a touch
and the mind a soulmate

I set down my script
and took a seat
today,
I'll be an attendee
I grew tired
of
being

Sometimes the memory of you
bleeds through
the ink
of
m
y
poetry

The ethics of falling in love with a muse
defy the laws of Earthly logic
a curse blinding potential lovers
and gating your heart

W(here.)?

I seem to bring out
the "other"
in
you

Mus *** bet hat
I have been l o.o king
at yo u different lythe
who le time

MUSK(Y) SCENTS

HUMID NIGHTS

CHEAP V(O)DKA

STALE N(U)TS

STINKY CIGARETTES

The butterflies
outgrew their place in my stomach
now they flutter in my mind
messing up years of organization
turning it into
realizations

You're
my daily
wallpaper

(HEAL)(THY)
LIFE

Stop
faking
care
of
me

Empowering
to raise
generations
&
I am
proof

I stumbled on a rusted key
pushed by curiosity
I tried it,
fiercely breaking
locks
with
no luck
of unlock
ing none
one day,
I
w
ore
it
ar
ou
nd
my
neck
and       felt
my             chest
open up

She glowed
with a hue
the day
she knew
she had
it
all
a~~~l~~~o~~~n~~~~g

Swings right
when things just feel right
caresses under blankets
away from eyes
holding on to fleeting moments
stretching them, till they tear
with dawn

Swings left
broken beats left lonely
almost silent
in a loud world
where everyone hears your voice
while I suffocate on mine
being shattered into tiny shards
of transparent truth clawing their way
down my throat
to stunt my heart
from beating …normally

Swings right
your hand in mind
that’s right
that’s nice
faking it till you make it
learning the good in the bad
that’s only single-serving
I am left in a shady area
in a black and white world
full of bruised blueprints
that never made it through

Swings left
change feels like the cold
wind of a monsoon
before the heavy rain of judgement
falls piercing your skin
questioning your being
“but stay”
after you’ve blown away
all the fortress I took
so long to build
stone by stone
year by year
tower by tower
experience after experience
“we’re friends”
was the explosion that
turned my castle
to a sand
a desert, deserted

Swings Right
I feel right
on your right side
but then again
there are millions
standing in line
for get your right
I sometimes think
the spotlight does
shine on me
then I realize it is I
who put it there

Swings Left
….this is my queue to leave

In times of solitude
you and me
sum up
to
I

Rain loves Earth
every time
it
f
a
l
l
s
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