The clock chimes midnight
and I can't say I blame you
for placing me one step behind

The clock chimes one
and as the pendulum swings
I feel as though I've fallen off balance

The clock chimes two
and my eyes can't help but avert yours
Nausea fills my lungs

The clock chimes three
and my stomach won't stop churning
to the melody of past failures

The clock ( Read more... )

'sweep over me with a broom, '
you whisper so softly.
'Gather me up and pour me
into a bag you leave in the foyer.'

And when the bag gets full,
tie it tight with a yellow ribbon
like some sort of present
and throw it into the trash.

I've never seen a can so full
The brim is overflowing,
spilling over with the contents
of years gone by.

And as the garbage men ( Read more... )

It's repeating
like the lines on the highway
over and over again
I have the images down to a science
and the words just a ringing in my ear

I can ignore it for only so long,
put on a fan to drown out the noise
But it repeates
over and over again
The blades swing in circles to a rythem of words

So plug my ears like you're corking a bottle
I can't stand for ( Read more... )

If you're speechless, forget all words,
Forget the rythem of sentences and the flowing of rhymes
Just keep our memories hung, dangling from your ears
so that they're halfway between your heart and mind
And like the notes of a chord, we're strung together,
can't play one without the other
and when played, a beautiful melody is formed
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The rasping voice of a murderer
sucked the stars right out of the sky
And my breath ran cold and vengeance lingered on my lips
Tasteless.
Suddenly, I found myself with fists clenched
Hands scarcely shaking,
but my legs about to crumble
They were rendered useless when I tumbled on the concrete,
harder than stone, as your lies
and amplified to such an ( Read more... )

Simply ironic,
I always wanted to fly away,
but once I got my wings, they collapsed as I was in mid air
The feathers dismantling and descending to the ground
and with a thud I crashed in front of your feet,
instead of into your arms
And now I am compelled to use my legs for walking
(away from you)
We part with the passing of differences
and everyone ( Read more... )

 took your hand in mine
but you yanked it away and pointed to the stars
They're so distant, but they shine like headlights
Bright enough to see, but not close enough to reach
And it happened all at once,
I fell hard on the pavement
and you ran in the opposite direction,
ignoring all road signs
and paying your way from the rent earned on your heart
But if ( Read more... )

You came knocking on my door
like snow in summer
so out of place, so inconspicuously
It was  mystery to me

But your eyes still shined the same
and your hair still fell in front of your face
But you walked with a touch of grace
that I'd never seen before

Amazing
After all this time you came back to save me

It's not as if you jumped on a train
Skipped town and ( Read more... )

"I'll bring you back from the dead" he said
but what happens when you don't believe in resurection?
I'm not what they call Jesus
I'm not the star in this show
I don't know how to prance on stage
in barely any clothes
But I
I've got a sparkle in my eye
and they say that's hard to come by
But I
blurt out words without a moment's notice
And at time that can get ( Read more... )

Too many hours I stayed up late
letting you run circles through my mind
exercising your so-called riht to take
anything from me you could fine
And though I hid it as well as I could
You got me, you got me,
you got me so good

It feels as though I'm stuck inside my own version of Hell
By the looks of your eyes, you know very well
Just how much I needed you ( Read more... )