Intoxication

Between the sorries and headaches

I bet you don't remember 

it always happened to me.

                                        You were never the first.

                                        Alcohol filled the lungs of every lonely 

                                        Saturday night, killing every late 

hour waiting for a minute of relief.

I never thought you'd turn

 into a monster I knew so well.

                                           You keep bringing me in with 

                                            every half smile, intoxicating 

                                            me beyond sobriety.

Drunk off every word that 

slipped between your zippered lips.

I'll be gone with the last 

                                             turn of your shoulder.

                                             Stumbling back to the way we

                                             started is never going surface.

Take comfort between your sheets.

You'll wake up and forget

 all of this even existed.

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.