Sense of Self
There is a voice inside myself That no one else can hear It shouts and screams all day through Hoping to be heard. There's also someone inside myself That no one else can see They run and jump hysterically Trying to be seen. This is the...
When the Petals Fall
In this light, hear me call Leave me breathless in the lull No other lips could ever be Your cold kiss was made just for me Tear me open, bleed and crawl Shed my tears, no voice left to call No other love could ever leave me Your scars to brand...
Night
My mind is calm My breathing soft But my dreams are hardly pacified They're filled with you You saturate my fantasies Your eyes Your lips Caress me Only affectionately Within my secrets My hopes Wishes They become my new reality These...
Invisible
There they are again Strangers They intrude within me Itching beneath my complexion They slide into me Rough Angrily thrusting deep And deeper still Until I am broken Bleeding secretively They tear me apart from inside Wracking my frail body...
Ghost
Ghost It is late Perhaps the early hours of morning Darkness engulfs everything You walk on silent feet No footsteps left to follow after you No destination planned for this journey Merely moving Aimless and alone No inclination of the...
Whole
A broken boy Came to me One night Holding the shattered pieces of his heart. Cradled in his hands; He offered them to me... And the shards Were so sharp; They cut my fingers And further fell apart... My palms were raw And bleeding, But...
In Your Dreams
In the early hours When you lay your head To sleep Close your eyes And think of me In the predawn light When you have lost yourself To your dreams I will seek you out And covet your fantasies In the time before you're waking When all is...
The Great Escape
A prick A nick A cut A gash A wound Bleeding A bead A drop A trickle A river An ocean Overflowing A flicker A flame A candle A light A life Withering A body A victim A death A murder A suicide Breathing A tear A...
Second-Hand Life
"You can't leave now," Luke says softly, his voice barely audible in the chilly autumn air. He stands up as if to leave, holding out a hand to stop me from following after him. I anxiously await his signal that all is well as he creeps along the filthy...
Sometimes
Sometimes I lie awake at night Entertaining thoughts of you Your smile And your eyes All the things I love about you And as I lie awake and still in the night Thinking of you I wonder quietly Are you thinking of me too? Copy-written to...
Unspoken
I'm sorry For the things I do not say Even when the words Do come They stick upon My tongue And slowly Fade away. You keep me On a ledge Where I can only Fall I could walk along it But never From it Can I stray. I'm...
Melody for a Broken Heart
The strings are cold on my fingertips And my lips are mourning for your lips Bitter tears are streaming down my cheeks again Staining my yearning flesh with bruised heartache And filling my dreams with tarnished memories of then You were once my...