Last year seems years away. Last night seems lifetimes away. This moment seems like a dream.
Listening to you sleep, I’m in grace. Each breath a prayer. Every rustle a litany. You don’t know how loud you are
You met me in the winter When I was a petal, Something you desperately wanted t… You loved me in the summer, Underneath the palm oil trees
I love John. I love when he cries. When he looks at me, I fly.
My broken heart Throbs dysfunctionally. It beats to a cracked rhythm Between dead, dead, dead And life, life, life.
It’s so quiet. I feel soft. The winter hurts, So I burrow inside, But I forget how to
I’m falling apart beneath my smile… I grapple blindly for a rope To save myself from rising waters. I come up, lungs full of despair, And my parents cover my mouth
Why do I still feel guilty About things That are out of my favor?
Courage was not letting your broth… But preferring to die From their snide remarks Which shadow prejudice’s unkind da… What happened when they grew up?
I had no right To fall in love with you. All those times I promised you That I’d never fall in love again Were lies because I fell in love…
Mark, I miss you, And I love you. Each day is lost Without you.
Last night, all I saw was Nancy. The way she cried when I held her… Like a fleshy cradle Around her broken heart. I saw her loving me
I sing of a new carol Which starts silly giggles As a speeding blue carriage Runs merrily through the dark.
I’ve been waiting For years And days And all the seconds For a warm body.
Spring into fall, And we’ve all hit a wall. Love comes quickly. Sometimes, it grows. Summer, then rain,