i can breathe the smoke
from your lungs
drink the bourbon
from your tongue.

just promise your hands
will never leave my hips
and to keep kissing laughter
across my lips.

my dear, continue whispering
'i love you' into my hair.
and for it to be your voice
that breaks the morning air.

and if you ever change your mind,
to leave with the next sun,
promise to break my heart gently,
my love, i have only one.

Because
you
are
here today.

Means
you
have
another chance.

So
please
open
The Bible your grandma gave you!

I promise it has the power to save you

My parents
Left a home for me
With another on the way
They toiled for us
It's hard to set aside your skills
To feed a family
I intend to do what they could not
And maybe someday
This country will accept us

Well lit are the hours
Spent dwelling within
Numb
Never shaking the confidence
Of your well positioned wave
It clings to the back of my mind
Slipping it's way around
Flooding my psyche for a moment

A tremble
Gasp

Surely it's only a matter of time
Before
You
Take from me
All I have to let go of
Push it into you

You will regret this
I'll make you feel this

I wish I knew the name
Of your perfume
So I may buy
For lovers new
So they may smell
Just like you.
I wish I knew the taste
Of your lips
The taste I shall seek
In every kiss
So I’ll never tell
What I miss.
I wish I knew the game
That you play
So I may try
To weave the pain
I won’t go through hell
Another day.

Touch me
Like you can’t hardly stand it,
Like you really truly mean it,
Like you can’t control your hand, it
Just wants to reach out for me
And caress me so tenderly
Just to let me know
You love me so.

Touch me
And let me know your feeling
That I’m more than just appealing
That I set your senses reeling
And nothing is going right
If you’re not with me tonight.
I will understand
From the touch of your hand.

Touch me
The most gentle of caresses
Like smothering with kisses.
A magic moment like this is
What life is all about
So, let’s not leave it out.
Don’t let it pass us by
It’s easy if you try.

Touch me
Now nothing else will do
To make one out of us two.
That’s why I’m asking you
It’s the greatest thing you can do
Pull me close to you.
Hold me and kiss me
But, baby, just touch me.

flayed shade      of peril

         i
           gaze
   into
          the
     sky
        be it night
or
      day,
          and look
   for something

      i know not,
even the moon
         and the sun
     are famished

     and
         that is
why i still
       keep
     on
            looking...

Love
We're all searching for it
We all crave it
With every fiber of our being
Yet somehow
When we find it
We try to bury it deep down
Too scared to acknowledge it
Too scared to admit defeat
But that doesn't make it go away
It only makes our hearts break
a little more inside
So we run
We run as fast
&& far as we can
Until inevitably
We feel a pull
from the invisible strings in our heart
That we didn't even realize
Were connected to someone else's heart
Until suddenly
We are propelled backwards
With extreme force