you hear them don't you?
when the world is quiet
when it slows just enough
that exhaustion puts you to bed

they whisper when your ears dip below the water line
you can hear their stories
babbling like drunken sailors with so much *** that it fills their livers

you see them
with your eyes closed tight
they are always there
even when you peep between your fingers

even when you glue your lashes together with silver tears
they always find you
don't they my love...

even when you are silent
and no longer breathe
and you hold your heart so tight
it stops
they want you still

they do, don't they?
and for some unfathomable reason they can't hear you whisper
no

you could scream it from the top of your lungs and they'd love you anyway


they bring gifts
such darling gifts
that weigh so much
with ribbons so pretty
and tight

oh they are so heavy
aren't they?
so heavy that your heart
cannot carry their *** filled livers and their empty stories
and their wants and their needs
and their lust and disbelieving disregard
and their selfish hearts

gifts of ruin
tied with a bow

how could you possibly
need to fly away
or else you will drown
in their guilt laden love ?...

it pushes you so far down
you cannot lift your feet
off the ground
can you my love...

you just cannot understand
why your being alive
draws them close


my love
its because to them
you are light

their way home

you are made
of a thousand sunrises
and a million dreams

you walk like an angel
in the shadows
unable to stop your pure heart
from beating
like the drum
that draws them in

like a flame
you warm their empty bones
you give yourself to them
for love
because you cannot fathom
not doing so

and they consume you child
like such ravenous beasts
and you feed them truth
and love
because you don't have
the kind of heart
that would let them starve

what inconceivable love you have
what treasures you hold
they seek you out
to fill their barren hearts
with your truth
even if it
hurts

you

and for that my love
they will chain you
to their broken hearts
and broken promises
and broken lives

and unless you fly now child

your light will slowly dim
and then forever go out