it was hours and days ( Read more... )

"Latter Days" - Over the Rhine ( Read more... )

life is something physical ( Read more... )

such indecision growing, pales
in reading into this
and thinking, it fails to push
to pull me closer still
to this perfect promise
standing up into this gale

tear my arms out
carry me away and tell me
this was free
to be about
something close to clouds
in myths
and children's glory

it is science
depletion, exhaustion
depression

and yet awake is all i seem to be
no trials, fragrance
backs backed up or walls too tall

simple, conscious
fading sight
begging for that old night
when sleep was gold and smiles were right

goodnight

i stood without another near ( Read more... )

like falling leaves and melting snow
beating waves and rivers' flow
time and pulse and repetition
life's unnatural obsession

cycles start with blinding sight
intentions clear and motives slight
and shivering, shaking, ever clear
i stand, submerged, in all i fear

a couch for two ( Read more... )

i
sit and
wonder if
reaching forward
in a foiled attempt
to turn the volume down
will prove these new wounds true and
will leave me speechless and alone

and give me time to sit and think
rest and breathe in what i know
settle long enough for
things to make some sense
and reaching out
to me is
only
you

JIMMY EAT WORLD - "Kill ( Read more... )