Not Today
with the symphony beneath them
they ran through the rain,
kissed gently
and held each other through the pain
with the symphony beneath them
he watched her rest
and fought to love her
even if it wasn’t for the best
with the symphony beneath them
they laughed their bodies sore
what a beautiful person to have fallen for
with the symphony beneath them
she clutched tightly to his chest
and when the sun would start to set
his shoulder, the perfect headrest
with the symphony beneath them
they walked hand in hand
smiling at things
only them two understand
with the symphony beneath them
whenever she’d cry
he’d hold her forever-
or until she no longer wanted to die
with the symphony beneath them
he looked at her as if insane
when she studied his arms
tracing the path of his veins
with the symphony beneath them
they sat and named all the stars
the only pressing thought
was how lucky they both are
with the symphony beneath them
in each others arms, they awake
when adventuring together,
there’s so many risks they’re willing to take
with the symphony beneath them
they danced slowly at their wedding
with eyes only for each other
they finally know where they’re heading
with the symphony beneath them
even when she pushed his limits
he never stopped loving her
not even for a minute
with the symphony beneath them
after making love in a bed
there’s a place on his shoulder
made just for her head
with the symphony beneath them
she was reading a book
with him asleep in her lap
she kept pausing to look
with the symphony beneath them
they drove at sunset
neither can remember what it was like
to live before they met
with the symphony beneath them
they reflect on these memories
it’s so much more powerful
when it’s made as a documentary
with the symphony beneath them
their love is picture perfect
but when it’s real life
it doesn’t have the same effect
with the symphony beneath them
their love feels easy
but it’s actually quite hard
the song lasts only briefly
and when the symphony does not play
they know "it’s gotta get easier somehow
but not today"
Driving
you cracked the windshield
can’t take your eyes off the crack
waiting for the bump in the road
that will make the whole window crash
but your caution is just a distraction
from the bright open road ahead
and your focus on the fallacy
is just the fatal flaw that holds you back
and because of that what you won’t see is the freedom
that’s in your hands with each turn that you take
no, for some reason you keep hitting the brakes
so lets pretend for a minute that you’re not drunk on sadness
because yes drunk driving is illegal
and yes its dangerous for you to have control of the wheel
but this is your life, alright
and in that split second you’ll have to decide
will you let the crash hit you or will you swerve to the right?
just turn on that radio
and turn it up high
so many bends in the road
and you don’t know which way to go
just promise to keep going, promise
when you feel scared again
sing along to the song
and just keep going, you promised
and its okay to put that thing in neutral
do whatever you need, long as it’s truthful
you aren’t alone, you have yourself
make do with your state of health
look out that broken window
focus on the place, you’ve always wanted to go
of course its the journey and not the destination
but you can still use that GPS you can look at that map
whatever motivates you to keep your foot on the gas
because you promised to keep going
and before long you won’t notice your window’s been broken
you’ll forget that time you almost crashed
behind you is all that construction, you’ve managed to pass
Abduct Me
I always ruin myself
night after night
I cry to myself
another part of me
was just thrown off the shelf
I’m ripped up
pieces falling in every direction
what do I do now?
I know all the answers
I’m only choosing not to listen.
Please abduct me
abduct the shadows from my hollow chest
I know it’s late but I need you again
wipe my tears and put my pain to rest
There has to be more for me
this lucid dream is the only
thing that I call living
it’s the journey yet we
still have end goals and end sights
only my visions keep my alive at night
I’m rather pathetic
how long will you be sympathetic?
I can’t breathe
my thoughts are fleeting
and my tears are grieving
over things you have yet to do to me
Abduct me
A Series of Mini Poems (they don't correlate)
I am small amidst darkness
but i illuminate light from you.
I am the moon.
if you were a color
which one would you be?
what would it feel like?
what kind of things would you see?
i’ll turn the beat up louder
with the hope that you’ll learn not to cower
from love as bright as the sun
even with a past that cannot be undone.
we’re driving side by side
hold your arm out the window, dear
watch your shadow flicker
along the bright long road
look out ahead
to the horizon at the end
we’ll take it all in,
this is a place we’ve never been.
how much chaos can you withstand,
before you break the veins behind your own two hands?
i’m the bump in the road
that sent you swerving to the right
you say that you like this new road
but i still hear you cry alone at night.
you have astronomical beauty in you
if we determined our age
by the depth with which
we think
i would be 179
