So often in this life
Love is spent in the wrong places
Hearts offered in tribute to those who do not deserve
The trust and compassion you bestow upon them
Judging the character of a man is difficult
But I beg of you, do your best my dear
For my heart breaks more and more each day
When I'm reminded of the fact that you are in love
With the wrong man

Morning
Tastes like coffee,
The aftertaste of a childhood
Back when we paced ourselves
When a day was a day, not a complaint,
We picked up any old shell and said
‘Listen, the ocean!’
Now that we’ve grown up we know that
Its only our own hearts echoing in our ears,
Reminding us that we still have a pulse
And if you think about it,
Does it mean that we are just waves?

So I wake up thinking about how
We call it daylight savings time but the only thing we are saving is ourselves,
Preserving our subconscious in all the words we never wanted--
We erased them, but the words we do our best to make disappear
Are the ones sheltered in eraser shavings,
Brushed to the floor and tracked everywhere
On the shoes we wear from place to place,
Haunting us with the very things we are running to escape.
But pushing the clock forward an hour
Will do nothing to make you run faster
Will not hold the tide in place for you to catch
Only invalidate the time you have taken to progress

And the thirty foot jump off the pier in pitch black is worth it
For the bioluminescence that swells up around us--
Is that the daylight we misplaced
When we tried to save it?
Is it the waves or your heartbeat you hear
Trapped in the bubbles of cool night air
that we take with us as we plunge home into the ocean

She unlocked the ***** of my heart
Without taking my heart she went away
‘Come, come this heart is for you'
She went away and never came back.

All the lovers are busy in loving
And I am still in search of you
Love me or not return the *****
Let me live and let me write for another woman…….

there ain't no place in the world
for a boy with a broken heart
and a torn up wrist
with a noose in the closet

because we are supposed to be men
strong and emotionless
and not this ******* wreck
i have become instead

I look to God,
Because it's all I can do.

You wish you could fly away
On the wings of a dragon
To a happier land
Escaping the pain of adolescence

But broken people
Receive no respite
From the damage suffered
Every moment

my skin tingles, overstimulated by the harmless cotton sheets
my stomach leaps, awakened to the enfolding silk of your skin
we flit in and out of consciousness
like drunken butterflies
my head pounds
I realize
the lamplight
the golden haze of "last night"
swirls of a memory
of ecstasy and an oil black record turning
and stopping
and my hand
reaching to flip it over
only to halt, relax, and slip down the nightstand
I strain my eyelids
remembering the forsaken B-side
every muscle aches
every inch of my flesh is spread with warmth
I reach for you
like I reached for the satin vinyl
but like last night
my hand slips into air
the potency of the illusion, the sensory explosion, the ache of losing
cling to my cold sweat in a bittersweet perfume
in the waking hour

so love,

you left me hanging after all

My heart bids me wait,
And spill not the words I have for love.
If I reveal too much I’ll lose you.
I’ll speak words I cannot take back,
Confidence in my eloquence I fear I lack.

I wish for the caress of your lips,
The warmth of your embrace,
To forever feel the tenderness of your touch,
I fear all these I shall never have.
For another’s love you do seek.

You have my heart,
My love unrequited,
I bid thee darling,
Look upon the one who stands before you,
Open your eyes anew, behold the lover who waits.

I observe from afar,
The wanderings of your thoughts,
And wonder to myself if I contribute to them?
I ponder on where your imagination runs,
Whether it seeks out my own, and shares my longings.

Let your thoughts seek me out in the night,
Feel my desires and liken them to your own,
Do not deny your dark longings,
Allow your skin to rise at the thought of my touch,
And know that I’ll be dreaming the same of you.

Comfort in another’s arms I could find,
But to what end;
When my heart is devoted to you.
Lay claim to my soul,
Claim my love as your own.

Forsake not the one, who loves you most,
Instead seek them out intently,
Shun not love from thyself,
Embrace it tenderly.
Welcome me into existence,

Lead me from the shadows,
Allow me the light.
Let me stand at your side,
And share with you the night.
Open your eyes anew, behold the lover who waits.