Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Home

Sneaking out of bed and leaving the place I used to call home
To stop the pounding of my heart
Closing my car door softly and turning the lights on low
To quiet the noise of my thoughts
Driving five over and rumbling down the driveway
To walk through the door
I can only sleep in your arms

Monday, September 1, 2014

Sore

My throat feels the way it did after the night I smoked my first and last three cigarettes 
I wonder if it burns from late nights and long talks
Or if the scratching is the truth trying to tear free from my vocal chords

Monday, August 25, 2014

Stay, stay, stay

You don't want me to leave
And I don't want to go
So why won't you ask me to stay
I am all but begging
You're all but showing me the door
There's gotta be another way
If the fight was too hard and the road was too long then can't we just take a break?
Hit the pause button now
Don't press erase
Think about this before it's too late
You carried me and now I'll carry you
Until we can walk hand and hand
Or, if that's too much
We can walk side by side
Friends just enjoying the view

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Trust

I wonder how much you told me was true
When you said even if she stripped herself bare
And professed her love
You wouldn't touch her
Because you love me
Was that true?
Or has it already happened?
When you said you couldn't be with anyone
Except me
Because you were too damaged
Was that true?
Or have you already been with her?
When you said she wouldn't follow you
And you wouldn't want her to
Because she had other plans
Was that true?
Or are you already making room in your future?
When you said you would wait
That you wouldn't contact her yet
Because you respected me
That wasn't true
You already have
And if that wasn't true
Then what else is a lie?
See why I couldn't trust you?

Tequila


Tonight I drove after
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Rounds of tequila
And I saw a shooting star
I think
Or maybe it was the
Third
Or forth
Or fifth
Drink that sent stars shooting
But either way I prayed
That if I crashed 
I'd go quickly
Not be deformed 
Or dismembered
But leave quietly
The way that you left me

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Promise

I am alone
I am sad
Am I still supposed to pretend you're coming back for me
And that you've just gone to get gummy worms?

Monday, August 18, 2014

N?

My tan hasn't even faded from the trip we took
My ears are still ringing with "I love you"s
I can still taste the berries that weren't poison
Though I sort of wish now that they were
I'm going to run to the corners of the earth
And I'm going to find myself there
In the meantime, my world is sepia-tone
As I check my phone in anticipation of the call that won't come
My things were all in a row
And now I'm just a memory