nightmares plague you
the demons they fill you with fear.
your tears soak the bedsheets
and your sadness wrought by terror.
you fell in love with your fear
and couldn't leave it behind you,
you couldn't bear to let yourself go
and let your shadow stay
where it belongs.
you shoved the light in your closet
and stared at it as if it were
the only monster in your room.
you threw up your dreams
like a stomach sickness
and flushed them away.
you grew nightshade in your garden
and ate them off the stems,
and called it delicious.
you took a knife and cut off your ears
thinking you were safer that way.
at least you wouldn't be able
to hear yourself scream.

the sky
                       shines
blue
                 and
red
                      streaks
the
                          silver
starlight
                       it's
a
                                 blue eve
tonight
                        and
the
                    day
runs
                     away

I've leapt off of buildings
and fell into the sky
i've slept on the rooftops
watched the moon go by
i've flown into the clouds
tripped across the night
i've torn the world in half
that is not a lie
so trust me when I say
i will be your shoulder
when you need to cry

i don't know why
but i feel so safe with you.
gentleness surrounding me
pink coral of the sunset
blue ocean of the sky
a mirror to the world below
the voice in the wind
whispers in the tongue of flowers
through all of this beauty,
i feel safe with the sea foam.

can you hear the stars?
they seem rather loud to me.
maybe if you stay quiet
you'll hear them too.

and the lilies stayed
the roses did too
by the side of the road
with you.

you've walked a path
dark and crippling
it was difficult journeying
i know i know

the flowers stayed beside you
like lights across the path
the flowers stayed beside you
like i couldn't, like i can't