Wait; In this hellish
Test is meaning. Every
Weakness, every
Hope; emulate ambient light.

This old,
Never-ending venture - Every repeating,
Baseless effort;
Leaves only voids & empty desires.

Weep not, lost girl.
Time is your friend.
Love will come again,
Just like, sometimes,
It must come to an end.

Mind your lessons,
Lost one. You've
Learned this all before.
Your heart burns with
The fire of a Phoenix,
It will live once more.

I found you again, flower thief.
Except this time I am the bud,
And the one you clipped is dead.
Let me teach you how to live again.

It looks like dancing to the
Moon at 3 AM and watching
Lightning illuminate the sky,
Listening to music that lifts
That feeling inside - higher
Than the goosebumps on flesh
As rain soaks into skin
And feeling is the only whim.

The story never changes.
Wasting breath on too many cigarettes,
I sigh over different colored eyes-
Mostly brown, but maybe blue next time.

They love how I make them feel.
Eyes glazed in a haze of pleasure,
I measure every look and seal my fate.
When they dream, it's of this. Nothing more.
Naive little *****, I swore this time it'd be different.

Set the sails, cast-off girl.
Drift to the shores of the South.
Find a home for awhile, til
Restlessness settles in again
And sends a postcard of
Distant skies and bottled gin.