Next to an old brown tree
Under a new pink sky
I found a younger version of me
The one who used to fly

Next to new concrete
Under an old pocked moon
I found an older version of me
The one who'll falter soon

Next to you right now
Under a peach fuzz sun
I found peace somehow
And for a moment didn't run

'Twas fireflies who lit the spark  
That slowly roasted Joan of Arc
Should I expect the same, my love
Will blazing blades reign from above
Or perhaps a different fate
Where Sunrise sparks incinerate
All that we promised to create
When moonlight splashes at our feet
Will you wade in shades of what could be
Would you promise at least that to me
Or is ash the only guarantee

I died young
Ninety-nine at twenty-one
Knew somehow I had no chance
I couldn't march
I couldn't dance
I saw the game we have to play
And knew I'd never live that way
Turned promise into dynamite
Lit the fuse and held on tight
I realize I've been dead for years  
Only signs of life are pools of tears
Hollow inside where it counts
Remain restrained yet poised to pounce
And now I've dragged you to my grave
The one person I could have saved Instead I casted you away
Because I died young
Ninety-nine at twenty-one

Tired of hiding
I'm sick from the drafts
Time to go outside
Taste sunshine and laugh
Had enough of erasing
I keep murdering words
Time to release them
So they'll soar with the birds
And if no earthling likes them
If no one shows love
It's their apathy that's the problem
Not what I'm made of
My past may not be pretty
My future unseen
Because I come from where I'm going
And I'm lost somewhere between

Sometimes the Moon is just
the Moon
Stars simply stars
They're just reliable objects
They just are
And birds are just birds
They're pretty
They fly
Often words are just words
They're witty
They lie
And colors are just granted
Sort of like you and I
Until each pretty petal
just withers and dies

Streetlight
Or spotlight
Let's dance
This night

Mosquitos
Or maestro
We can
Disco

Cha Cha?
Oh, na na
I'd rather
Lambada

Slow dance?
Oh, no chance
It's simply
A love trance

The Moon has had her fill this night
Her belly swollen with stolen light
Seems as though she's swallowed the Sun
Her descent into madness merely begun
Now we have neither night nor day
Just a never-ending melancholy cycle of gray

I don't write right
I must not think right
Therefore I don't feel right
Which means I don't act right
That's why I don't live right
Maybe I'm wrong

I've been living too much to write
Instead of writing too much to live
Now I know why I hid in plain sight
Amongst frilly words and mad libs

It's snowing sideways
Let's play horizontal too
Love that side of you

Pigs cascade from the
sky
The Earth's core solidly
frozen
If I crossed my heart I'll
die
We both left that window
wide open
We swore to flourish at each other's side
Who knew vows were born to be broken
Let àll records show we
once tried
Our words lies before they were spoken

One day she turned where there was no bend in the concrete
Skipping in bare feet
It looked triumphant, but it was retreat
Far far back to the days before poetry
And gaudy words for all to see
She skipped into a past where she could keep it all in
Afraid to mutter a word
Not wanting to burden the wind
So she built herself a rocket out of satin and tears
She'll be orbiting Earth for the rest of her years

Born beautiful, dies the same
She's too free to be bound by the shackles of time
She follows the sunshine
She's too ambiguous to have a name
And she'll certainly never ask for mine
****! There she goes with the wind
Leaving me with nothing but a melancholy grin

You don't see the forest or the trees
You wallow in your own image  
without any reflection
To catch a glimpse risks rejection
I thought you were just short-sighted
You also lack peripheral vision
Luckily history is less one-sided
And even less forgiving

I still cling for life
To what died by my own hands
Dreams reduced to sand

Shivering maples
Paint the heavens shades of grim
Wistful is the wind

Rub elbows with the Moon
Run free as weeds in October
Race to what makes your heart bloom
Rise from the ash, and simply fly over

Brick nudges the clouds
Pink hues rain down like starlight
Suits dash without sight

Here it's gold and warm
Always smells of summer storms
This place is peaceful

She knew she'd never truly be ready
No way she'd ever show up prepared
A speeding freight train couldn't stop her
Though she'd never been more scared

Let your hopes rise
now watch them drop
Aim for the stars
only to flop
Check with fate
at every stop
She revels in being a *****

Plunge into love
find yourself washed ashore
Denounce all affection
while pleading for more
Check with fate
at every door
She relishes being a *****

You mimic the Moon
Twelve foreseeable phases
Infinite faces

Brain brain, go away

Don't sabotage another day

I've stumbled much, yet I still try

Please let me live, before I die

From the velvet sky
The Moon's smirk caught Leo's eye
Mona Lisa's muse

Never mind the time
We should listen to the sun
Abide by her shine

Don't mix *** with poetry
as similar as they may be
Within the folds of satin words
are ******* phrases best not heard
So be careful because just one chapter
Could close the book forever after

Here it's soft and blue
Ever rains in purple hues
Crumpled mountain view

Jewels ceil the sky
Mother nature's Christmas lights
Make merry year round

The Moon's sick of us
We expect from her love beams
She has her own dreams

They said looks don't matter
but they lied
No one cares how ugly you are
on the inside
So be certain your scars
will easily hide
Then choke down the razors
and smile wide

Crisp citrus sheets
Two pairs of feet
Butterfly kisses
and whispers sweet

Rose petal streams
Golden moon beams
Butterfly wishes
come true in dreams

Drip drop, never stops
Puddles formed are now the norm
Splash splosh, day's a wash

I just want to blend in with the other leaves
Not stand out like starlight
I just want to remain hidden among the trees
Not cast shadows like moonlight
You're the star of this show
You're the moon's satin glow
To steal a speck of your sparkle wouldn't be right