Lonely Bird

This timely, ill-placed dart Took a vanquished bond apart This gently blinding hold Bid a soaring soul to fold   Lonely bird Have you forgiven? Lonely bird   Or must you be shriven?   This drop of sweetly poisoned residue Broke a weary mind in two This velvet wing’s caress Called a drunken heart to …

Here’s to

Here’s to you and your grind To your colorblind mind Here’s to this black and white bind   Bring your monochrome palette Here, a touch of this grayscale There, one square at a time   I’ll bring my best, tattered brush Here, a slather of red There, another line crossed   Here’s to me and …

Bested

I bet you’d bet you bested me That somehow you took the best of me   But you never got the better of me Because you didn’t even bring it out, the best in me   I bet you’d bet I’d give my best for you That I would make the world a better place …

Confessions of a Broken Soul

First published here on October 1 2018. Come, child, sit and tell me what’s wrong. I’m not sure where to start How much to impart But the problem’s my heart It just fell apart Oh, show it to me. I'm sure we can mend it. Here. See the duct tape That keeps it in shape? …

This Time With You

This time with you Another déjà-vu I also know a phrase or two Some commonplaces, too   Did it make them true This time with you? It was more than we could chew And not enough to make it through   This time with you Was always crimson blue It came and went, who knew …

Bluebird

Sing those cerulean lies And the lily white tears Soar through indigo skies And these frilly light fears   See those cornflower eyes And the built-in controls Scale those fossilized cries And the sapphire walls

That Truth You Let Slide

That playful deceit That shameful conceit Come, I’ll choke on that pride That truth you let slide That careless confession The court is in session   That self-pleasing chase That soul-freezing case Come, I’ll drown in that notion of you That ocean of blue That no, no, never Forever and ever

Never Quite Now

I count the yesterdays The hours before noon The past in full bloom What is this maze? Our time runs ahead We were always tomorrow Never quite then I count the moments The hours with you The future broken in two What is this haze? Our time runs in circles We are always already gone …

We Are The Wrong Kind

We are the wrong kind The ones left behind Broken souls Drawn to black holes Yet this one kiss This moment of bliss Resounds in my mind You were my kind   We are the outcasts No happiness lasts Scared little kids Counterfeits Yet this one moment You and I own it The memory blasts …

3.3 Billion Beats

3.3 billion beats of my heart - why can’t a few be just for you? Won’t there be enough for me? Take my every breath tonight, tomorrow I can still be free My every tear to soothe your soul, to make you see 3.3 billion beats of my heart - why can’t a few be …

The Way We Were: Rethought

I first published this text in German on January 15, 2018. Find my original post here. Even after years of separation There is no true alienation Between two souls, who once knew one another Who revealed themselves, one to the other   Whenever their paths cross They stroll along old sentiment Feel their way through …

The Way We Were

I first published this text in German on December 13, 2017. Find my original post here. I saw you on the train just now. It wasn’t you, but he resembled you closely. A boy like you once were. I looked over and became very quiet. It was the train we used to take. I was …

This Pair of Us

You know exactly where it sits This pain of mine Come, speak the words I cannot say Tell me how I feel What it is that makes me reel   I know exactly where it hurts This heart of yours Come, I’ll speak the truth you refuse to see I’ll tell you why you lie …

Want

Words unsaid Your eyes on me   Whispered nothings Your fingers on my lips   Wanton yearnings Your body on my hips   Wistful bliss Your kiss on my cheek

Secrets

Let me soothe those lips Take you in in tiny sips What secrets wrap themselves around my tongue Tendrils from deep within, as yet unstrung Let me taste them one by one Until they come undone