my feet are happy
my ears are happy
my arms are happy
and my legs are happy
my heart is happy
my head is happy
my soul is happy
that you are home.
finally finally finally.
happy happy happy
i really did miss you.

i've always created to fill a void
always designed to make up for what's been missing
always written to seal the gap in the blanks of my head

but with you and your love,
i have not felt the need to force art into the world.

the art has grown within our hearts,
and the link between us is our masterpiece.

and i saw faces before me
blurred out of recognition, coming closer
their bodies exposed, bearing only skin
blue-grey and hanging off their bones.
tell me that's another nightmare
tell me that it's the first time, then.
lost wives and sons and daughters,
a single man giving up his home.
sometimes the pain is shared between us,
spread out to those unknown.
i've felt their aches and known their hopes,
without knowing why.

sometimes i wish to strike the earth
like those super-heroes
flying superficially above the cities
protecting man-made hollow halls of brick and metal.
i'd crack it right open
make my way to the heart
kiss the inner-core better
and sew it back together with patches.

*problem solved.

can you please just leave me with the pain?
it's all i've got for now.
i could make it to tomorrow
if i could feel something today.
take what you need, but you won't find it here.
my heart is empty.
i would run from the sorrow,
but it's a vulture tracking me down.
i can't fly, but i'd trade my feet for wings.
i don't know what to tell you to make you go away.