Untrusted Acquaintances

I'll save my tears for shallow rivers.

My precious breaths won't be
spent on second chances.

Untrusting acquaintances play
me like a broken record.
Scratching, gathering dust in a corner.

I'm standing on edge,

just give me the final push.
Let me fly off into the sky,

feel free for just a moment.
I don't want to be the
knot in the rope.

Being tugged,

roughened and growing weaker.
Let me have the satisfaction

of walking away.
You won't treat me like a stranger.
I'll pretend I'm just a shadow of the sun.

I won't crawl into the

cracks of desperation.
I'll throw away unneeded apologies.

You burned your last bridge.
You'll never walk into my dreams.

You'll miss out on the

purest of friendships.
It's all on your shoulders.

I tried, I tried.
You thought I'd
always come back.

I'm moving onto

greater memories,
miles away from the broken

soul that once was me.
Away from the person
you used to be.

Green Eyed Monsters

Green eyed monsters lurk in the midst of
our shadows, creeping in the corners of our desires.
Kiss my hand, hold my stare.
                                       Believe the melodies which my lips sing.
                                       I can hold you high and crumble you down.
                                       I never said loving me would be easy.
                                                          My imperfections make the lies more real.
                                                          The lines are blurred with foggy intentions.
                                                          Ring fingers turn black and blue
                                               from the bruises you slurred.
                                             I'm sorry baby, you wont win.
                                                 I'll soar into the clouds and
                                                           join my haloed enemies.
                                                           Regrets collect like pennies in
                                                           a fountain. But this I promise you,
                                         you'll never sink to the bottom.
                                         I will keep you zipped away,
                                         to be never to open again.
My regrets will never resurface
from the waves that erase
them from my memory.

Midnight Crashes

It's just one of those nights,
where all the back roads look the same.
Melodies singing in the mist of the horizon.

The sun kissing our skin like the first
time we rolled under the covers.
Circling the woods past the old

carved tree, wandering the broken roads.
I can't help but wonder where our thoughts went.
Hands tangled, rain shooting on the windshield.

Foolish moves behind the wheel.
Trees come out of nowhere.
Engraved in our shadows,

our initials lie next to our motionless figures.
Since when did the day become night?
All so silent and bare.

Once we seemed so perfect, as if floating on air.
Teenage sounds haunt our wildest dreams.
But, I suppose it's easy enough to read,

even the sun sets in paradise.

Teenage Vibrations

Teenage vibrations illuminate
             in the dead of silence.
Cars parked on the cliffs of our
           sleepless nights with

fogged up windows and
           lustful sounds.
Brakes only keep us
           grounded until we

decide to soar off the edge.
           Seat belts won't keep
us safe from the thoughts
           that kept us

tossing and turning. We always
          watched each others
eyes turn green at the sight of rivalry.
         Warfare was always a

whisper and a slur away. Guns would
          blaze, swords would swing.
Battlefields drenched in lost chances
           and shallow breaths.

Wishing for a change in the wind,
           a slight caress of hope.
One blink too many and it's over.
          Don't let me shiver,

 turn into ice. I'm not ready for this
         adventure to be over.
Her hand crushed my thoughts
         into despair. Hand me

down ideas only kill me just a little more.
         But it's over, the look in
our eyes before the final crash. I'll free fall
         into your arms just as

 the alarms rings in the midst of a fantasy.
           Dreams end but reality
               keeps on living.

Pinches

The wishes spent on pennies in fountains
and shooting stars are nothing
but forgotten dreams.

Run away from the haunted and
stay in a state of consciousness.
Face the demons behind the

shadows of your distant fears.
Climb walls entangled with
the poisonous of vines.

Deeply slumber away
 in a field of lilies,
and kiss the moon goodnight.

Heartaches vanish at the
thought of pure imagination.
Happy ever afters with

no reason for sadness.
In reality, all we do is live.
We wonder what the words

of our farthest away thoughts
bring to the equation.
Now, time can be funny in

dreams as well in the
actuality of our world.
One minute your painting sunsets

and the next your free falling.
Never knowing if it's for love or
just tripping down a black hole.

The pain is enough to
make you want to wake.
Just close your eyes and pinch.

It usually does the trick.

1.
2.
3.

Squeeze.

Awake from your cleverness and
hold onto the hallucinations
your mind fools you into seeing.

Prison Walls

I'm always a little too far away.
Yet, I feel so close to every mistake.
The sounds of sirens blaze in the dark distance.
Every vibration turns my heart to stone.
Trees shudder at the sound and cry tears of belonging.
They feel the sinking feeling with every leaf that falls.
Can we just breathe for a moment?
What's meant to be is only a figure of speech.
We can only hope it's just as easy.
I've been played with, but I'm no doll.
My feelings slurred into the thunder.
You don't know the half of the whole.
My darkest secrets remain chained to their prison walls.

Standing Tall

I'm sorry, did I stutter?
I'm perfectly fine leaving without saying goodbye.
No regrets, no looking back.

Missed you once, fool on me.
Missed you twice, should of known.
Missed you again, lessons learned.

I asked myself, how did I let it get so far?
Damn, I love the way you lie.
Crawling under stones,

reasons to stay away.
I'm not the life of the party.
Alcohol doesn't appeal.

Smoke rings don't hover above my head.
I look a little bit colder,
 but it's one deep breath out.

It's not the way it used to be.
High school left when the tassel switched sides.
My back is turned, I'm walking away.

Standing tall, flying high.
Shhh. Whisper no apologies.
I'm sailing into a land of eagles and crimson waves.

Cursed Tongues

I believed every lie you said.

The way your lips curled 

showing me emotions.

Trembling hands holding 

onto beating hearts.

Hold your breath, 

I'll leave this curse in your veins.

Can we just be 

broken once more?

Throw the pieces off the 

balcony, spread across the wind.

Ocean waves of mistreated 

thoughts crash against our skin.

Don't pretend my kiss

doesn't still haunt your lips.

Butterflies keep the hardest secrets.

We don't fight fair, 

but we lose like winners.

Am I close enough?

Can you feel the knife on your back?

Send us a sign from the afterlife.

Is it really what you wanted it to be?

Lost dreams with a splash of fury?

You'll never live this down.

You'll only be part one 

in a never ending plot of disaster.

Love Story

There's something about the
way you shine in the starlight.

A girl like me never had a
love so crazy. Patience was

such a torturous thing. But it was
worth the wait to have our

worlds collide so harmoniously.
Flickering candles holding our

hearts captive. Fireworks breathe
into the silent skies. Isn't it funny

how melodies sound like memories?
I hung from the edge of heaven,

watching for a miracle in the sand.
All the angels sang la la la la

Messages in a bottle,
he'll come when it's right.

Never knew it would be so soon.
Brighter night skies shine.

Tossing and turning came to a pause.
Turning this war into love.

This dream is hardly over.
I'll never wake up.

I swore I'd make you mine.
I'll never say goodbye.