long ago, I could tame a lion with the click of a pen, watch the teeth burn to ashes in his jaw, and his gums bleed, dripping with every word. drip, drop. funny how lions are a symbol of God. funny how, I used to glance into the cold black irises of my strongest demon, and tell myself I loved him. every boy I've ever written for seems to vanish before the novel ends, before the sun sets, before they think- maybe, "it's safe to leave her before she falls in love" little do they know that love was my oxygen, love was my unused journal from a lost friend, love was nothing until I met you. you cannot be another night without razor sharp stars in the sky. you cannot be the hundreds of songs I can no longer ******* listen to. you cannot be another Willow Springs- another road I think I've traveled, I've seen children pray on the corners of Italy; I've seen mountains breathe and thought it would be my last time kissing their snowy tops. I've seen straight into the amber eyes of the lion as I lay under fluorescent lights with sixteen pills rattling in my stomach, thinking maybe, the King of the Jungle will release me with His jaws of life. but the truth is, you are the only god I believe in. you are my savior, you are the King of the Jungle and the closest thing to heaven I will ever know.