Friday, November 30, 2007

Denial, Tears, and Prayer at Midnight

(darling, this is for you)

i almost called you last night
in the midst of my tears
i lay in bed
cell phone in hand
and watched your number
swim and blur
before my teary eyes
i wanted to call you
because you are the one
who puts my pieces back together
i wanted to call you
the friend you
the almost me you
but somehow i knew
if i dialed the phone
it would be answered by
the you
who makes my stomach knot
the one i can never have
that shiny shattered
made of dreams you
who only appears when i
can’t feel anyone else
in the dark when my
shadows scream about loss
and i hide under the covers
like a little child and chant
your name like i’m praying

and part of me
always thinks you might just
walk in the door
if i cry for you enough
and then i wouldn’t need to call.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Trapeze Artist, Run Away From Home, Multicolored Love

and baby
I’m out of my head out of
my mind
tangled up in your crazyass words
and your beautiful eyes
and I don’t know why I can’t
just
get
the
hell
away from you and
and your mind games
I dream of you in
psychedelic, burning colors
but never black and white because
oh, darling,
you know
that you and I
we are just shades of gray
and that is all we’ll
ever be
unless you stop pretending
open your eyes to the
awesome technicolor love
I have for
you
and only
you

Friday, November 2, 2007

Runaway (For PC)

let’s

run away to San Francisco,
Paris, and New York
get matching tattoos
and lip rings
that mirror when we kiss
run in the rain
in formal wear
touch under streetlights
and drink chai
in graffitied cafes
sing
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
while holding hands
in some distant city
where we’ve never
been known
take photos on rooftops
and adopt kittens
by the dozen
eat nothing but macaroni
and popsicles
for months at a time
and wear black
every day of the year
fall in love again
every time we breathe.

Here Are My Empty Words for You

no matter what you say to me
no matter how this ends
for one touch one moment one glance
i was loved

in the dark of cold nights
and in the harsh light of day
i simple sit, close my eyes
and remember that time
when you loved me

the memory has saved me
time and time again
from fear and broken hearts
your hand on my waist
and your breath on my ear
just your presence
just the warmth of your gaze

i have faded without you,
darling
without this memory
there would be
nothing
left
but
empty
words