i can't stop i can't stop
hands against my face
laughing
i can't stop

please stop
sobs
moving my hands away
wet palms; wet tracks down my cheeks
hands against your lips; hands over your eyes
pulling; following
into sunlight
into a black shadow
stop; no. stay
a mouth on the curve of my neck, against mine
want
leave
want
just stay

running; running barefoot; with shoes
feeling stones of the shore
sharp
dew laden grass
i hear your footfalls on the wooden floor
behind me
behind me
you are in front of me when i turn around
stop
just listen
covering my ears
my eyes
its a surprise

waves crashing
broken
it's broken
your eyes are broken
and sad
leave. leave. leave
your voice mounting
it's mounting
dropping to a whisper
i only hear love
love
laughing
it's true
all lies are

finding you
found underneath you
laughing
crying
weeping alone
next to an unmade bed
where are the lights?
hold me hold me
let me go
you make me safe

It's not enough
Lying beneath you
Watching the clouds move
And the sun becoming conquered
By darkness

You demand the things
Stars being flung into the silky sky
I long to give
Beating in your fist
Beneath your roving hand
It's not enough

Being yours
With your hands brushing away the hem of my dress
Absent eyes begging for an absent soul
Whispers that are perfect lies
Warm murmurs against my neck
The rising sun
It's not enough

she took a cloud
and flew up
into space

coming down with the rain
so alone
with the stars
and the moon
and the sun

the shadows
smiled at her tears
dripping
from the gray
and wiped them
away

with the dappled sunlight
coming from between the trees
initials
and hearts
carved onto their boughs
scarred
by a dozen
foiled notions of love

felled
to become the page
she screams onto
ink and words
her only sound

she doesn't believe in things
that don't rhyme

she doesn't believe in things
that do

she wrote this
scarred the fragile
skeleton of a tree

she only believed in silence

Wrapping my hair in his fist
Reading my eyes
Like a treasure map to my soul
He can tell
When I lie
Before I do
Murmurs how he doesn't understand

I don't know
What is making me heart race
If it's not the emptiness
In his kiss