How many times
Did we say hello
And then goodbye;
Did we crash
And burn
And then collide?

Our hearts
Danced in rhythm
Like petals
Off that pine tree breeze.
Taste your lips,
Feel your touch-
Replay you
On repeat
In fading memories.

Tomorrow is coming
But already gone.
I can't be there
To whisper a song..
And as you lay
Dreaming soft dreams,
Praying for relief,
Without me-
I'll replay you
On repeat
In fading memories.

I will
Ink my flesh.
Swim until
I'm out of breath.

Run
Until I collapse.
Drink until
I can laugh.

Pray
On bended knee.
Sing until
My lungs bleed.

Kiss the lips
Of men at a bar.
Give myself away
At the expense of my heart.

Just so
I forget...
To remember...
You left.

And over time,
My pen stopped bleeding
But my heart didn't

In a world
Where feeling
Is weak

I set fire
To myself
Just to remember
I can bleed.

He sings me poems
And paints landscapes
On my alabaster flesh,
Tells me
Write a ******* story
That I'd want
My kids to live.

He can't love me
Like I love him.
But for one night
Let's me borrow
The love I give.
I take it back.
Cherish this ****.
I'm once in a lifetime,
That
I'll never find.

So he sings me poems
And paints with his
Mouth
On my skin.
And i steal my love
Back from him,
So I know what it's like
To feel fire
On my skin
And not be dying
Over and over and over
Again.
Because

I'll never be loved like i love.