In a cold and lonely place That’s where I know you’ll be When the sun has gone to sleep And the moon refuses to show its face You’ll suddenly appear As if you were a nightmare Covered in darkness Detested by the light You’ll creep into my crevices Plant your roots right next to my…
Read MoreA Lover’s Concern
I have begun to wonder That if by now you have fallen in love with my imperfections And if so Would it be okay it there were also bruises
Read MoreRain-check
I am sobbing at the stairs to your heart Unable to take a step The doors are closed now Maybe try again later
Read MoreA Dark Room
So this must be what death feels like.This feeling of decayIt hurtsScreaming in a locked roomNo one hears me nowMy demons have come out to playHelp meI beg of youFree me from this cage I’m inMy dark thoughts are here to stayThere is no longer a difference between the dead and the livingFear me nowLook…
Read MoreYour Love
Your love is cold Like winter nights without a stove Freezing all the emotions I had within It is bitter Brutal A sin But your love never hurts It never rips at my core Trample my being It is soft on my cheeks Like snow flakes on a winter day Your love is a cage…
Read MoreA Dance of the Night
To seduce the light She dances On the heels of time She reaches for a sky That has already left her Alone in the darkness Now she breathes in the night As if to hold it close It claims her as its own So she dances On the edge of time One foot at a…
Read More” Pretend “
In the back of my mind I can hear the words forming “I am fine” A smile appears on my face Then a wince And yet I still pretend I am not in pain There is no wrong here “I am fine” “I am fine” But I’m not My nerves are on fire And I…
Read MoreThe Regret
In the depths of my farewellMy regrets begins to riseIt was a silly jokeTo think love was mineFor all the burden in timeHope now lays in a casketAnd I am still among the livingYou leftIn such a rushAs if tired of the living Now you’re decoratedIn the flowers you hatedIn a world full of contradictionsYou were…
Read MoreA haircut
Mama said, “ You need to get your hair done, Perry.” Yet I wouldn’t dare You see I have a fear of those long scissors And the ladies with too much hair Mama said, “Perry, that just won’t do.” Yet, I didn’t care The hairdresser’s nails were like clippers And the gossip mill has too…
Read MoreA Letter of Apology
I wanted to say I was sorry Your words never hurt me I forgive you My bitterness has passed died in its own grave But each step closer brings me pain I love you was never the same Dark wounds don’t heal How was I suppose to know how you feel Who was I to…
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