satisfied

the lines etched in the sand
carved delicately with
whatever I could find
the work and dedication
swept away by the morning tide
swallowed
into the cold drink
wasted
while I sat there satisfied
blissfully unaware

8. What do you want out of a relationship?

Don't lie to me
Don't lie to me
Don't lie to me
Don't lie to me
Don't lie to me
Don't lie to me
Don't lie to me
Lie to me a little.

Take Heart.

Hands splayed over
patches of worn cotton jersey
the beating within
Already knows
I've betrayed
that which you held out to me

Rhyme

I tell you
not to worry
I ask you not to lie
It won't hurt if you're truthful
and look me in the eye
I want the scar
well covered
A little to the right
The worst of it is over
I won't put up a fight
When the needle
enters
and draws up my life inside
I won't think any less of you
I won't even as I die.

Addictions

I hurt myself
to wake you up
when really
I just got in line
behind you.

purgatory

the sin
once
recognized
becomes absolved
in that moment
was there ever
really
a sin?
why pay
when the debt
never existed?

Speechless

I don't have anything
to say
but
I can't hide
words
get in the way
and the feelings
flow freely
through my collapsed
veins
hopes
bridges
halls I walked through
blind
words said in the past
time and time
again
I end up
speechless