In the ocean's eye
Leviathans laugh and play
Monarchs of the sea

So your heart's on fire
Mine's just gonna chill
I have no red-hot desire
But I got time to ****

Stray birds build a choir
Scarecrow dances with the wind
Golden ears perk up

The clouds get the blues
They weep like fearful children
Earth soaks up their tears

The sun's a pothead
She puffs on her pipe all day
Fishbowling the Earth

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

Why am I always afraid
I just don't know why
Is it cuz this bed I've made
Feels like a coffin in the sky

Floating over crowds alone
I never feel connected
This place doesn't seem like home
And I always get rejected

I may look human just like you
With two legs underneath
Two arms that don't know what to do
Wrapped round me like a sheath

A mouth that opens, words come out
Sometimes in a faint whisper
Other times I scream and shout
In the mirror at my sister

Two eyes that blink but do not see
A nose that does not smell
A feeling I'm not meant to be
And that this must be hell

If so then why is no one here
And I'm the only one
I feel my heart swollen with fear
And I just turn and run

Why am I always afraid
I can't figure why
Is it cuz this bed I've made's
My coffin in the sky

Cosmic clouds float by
Smells like someone killed a skunk
Sunday morning high

I can't catch my breath
You keep taking it from me
I need CPR

Every day same old same
Another possible creation
Gone down in flames

Cavemen knew better
Than to take stars for granted
They danced for their light

I won't dangle
I won't sway
I'll make sure it snaps right away
I'd rather break
Than learn to bend
At least I know
How it will end

Stars take the night off
And the moon's lost her way home
We are on our own

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

They said my hand is a weapon

Because it's covered in dirt

So put it away

Before someone gets hurt

They claimed my head is a bomb

Cuz they hear it tick tock

So you best just stay put

Instead of risking a walk

They said my tounge is a sword

Quite deadly but small

So I finally agreed

And beheaded them all

Letter opener
Dipped in rose petals and blood
His last words killed her

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

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

Stars that still sparkle
Thousands of light years away
Arive DOA

Sometimes I wish I were dead
Or maybe in a box somewhere
You could keep me under the bed
Take me out
Dress me up
Give me air

Sometimes I wish I weren't here
Or maybe in a tree somewhere
You could shake it and I'd appear
Check my pulse
Dust me off
Brush my hair

But most times I wish I were you
Or maybe on the moon somewhere
You could scream till your face turns blue
Bring it on
Do your worst
I won't care

I tried
I'm spent
I give up
I relent

I quit
I'll just stop
I can't stand
I just flop

I'm broke
I'm a mess
I've no *****
I regress

I've failed
I won't fight
I'm lost
I can't write

Poor Count Dracula
He nicked himself while shaving
But doesn't know it

The Moon mirrors clouds
As the sun ducks behind them
Shift change in the sky

The old maple tree
Clings to her dying offspring
Engulfed in their flames

She'll spend her last breath
Doing laps around the sun
Until they are one

Eat my silence

Keep my words

Taste the violence

You've incurred

Stick with me

I'll stick by you

Eternity

Is almost through

Misunderstood
Left for dead
in someone else's memory

Nothing but pain
Always awake
searching for a remedy

Torn inside out
Inately irrelevant
trying to stay in the game

Giving up quick
Treading water at best
Everyday feels the same

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 *****

Jays practice ballet
Nuthatch master acro dance
Doves do the Charleston

I don't feed the birds for them

I feed the birds for me

Here I find myself again

Having to pay for company

Let's howl at the moon
We'll dance like feral children
escaping the womb