2/22/16
Pictures are lies with faces
They seem like happy people in happy places
behind the ink, they’re a pile of court cases

Pictures show us what we want to see
they all lock their doors and swallow the key
When the cameras come out they sit down for tea

and pretend nothing happened


Pictures are lies with faces
Once the flash is gone it’s wild goose chases
Their lives don’t have room for blank spaces

Pictures show us what we want to see
Their bright smiles line up perfectly
But even dull teeth are deadly

And words and can make a life end


Pictures are lies with faces
All we see are smiles and braces
When people leave they’re the only traces

Pictures show us what we want to see
When the family posed under the birch tree
After the flash, they all disagree

*And argue till’ the point they transcend

please don't go,

i need you like an april flower needs carbon dioxide and other things to grow,

i need you like a tongue needs h2O in order to speak, and for the words and songs to flow,

i need you like an artist needs colours to paint his or her emotions,

i need you like, a busy man, who works everyday and needs his promotions,

i need you like a soulful poet needs metaphors, to express their lovely words,

oh i need you like the moon needs the sun, in order to shine so beautifully in the night,

don't you see that i love you?
i know we had a really big fight,
but darling i don't care i need you alright?

you're my stars in the night,
you're my everything, you're such a delight.*


i need you too.

_________

shake, cold, ****

Make me believe these forgeries spitting off your tongue,
thinking I am someone to purely award you my love.
when you're nothing more then trash

no, stop, crys,

"Make me?"
make you not take the vial of my youth, you hold it,
worthless to me, but worth everything you still hold over me.

years, passed, two,

Make the memories go away,
of all the things from that awful day,
you hold nothing and everything over me,

black-out, leg-spaz, cry-now,

Make me lose control of myself,
"do you really know yourself?
what is happening to you?"

count, tiles, breathe,

Makes me know the length and width
of every ceiling, every floor, every wall, of every room,
I'm stuck inside of as I struggle to just breathe,

in, and, out,

makes me wonder why I can't do these simple things,
makes me remember all my other flaws and mistakes,
makes it even harder to breathe,

please, help, me,

Make me look someone down,
and beg with my eyes,
for help, for something

giving, trust, hard,

makes it look easy when its not,
I can say it all that I want,
but do I mean it?.

Talk, to, me,

Make me tell you what is wrong,
tell me what to say,
tell me its okay when its not,

it's, not, okay,

make me argue with you,
make me have to tell you the truth,
my past and pain,

you're, just, helping,

Make me help myself,
make me learn to do things I need on my own,
Make me not feel bad for getting help.

you, did, good

Make sure I tell myself,
"because no one else is there to tell you,
how good you did for getting through,"

I, Make, Me

**make myself do the things I need,
I no longer rely on you or anyone for these,
I'm not a child anymore sweetie,