My lungs are so sick of oxygen now

All I want is to swallow your breath

Exhale onto the nape of my neck

I’m licking my wounds in weak attempts

As you’re kissing my battered skin quite soft

Recomposing silence with simple prose

That all you know and ache to feel

Hot words kept you close to me

Of heavy, folded bones in mine

Most nights seem to shine quite bright

Hopes and dreams are glimmering clean

Coloured cotton will stain your skin

Glued to my limbs by salted sweat

Strings are singing in careless tune

As silence consumes my brain quite nice

Do you see yourself falling out of control?

While tears are dripping with heavy might

My lungs were still yet tired and weary

And I’ll be selfish, but I’ll be trite

So if I break your heart tonight

It’s because I like you most of all

Keep dreaming sunshine sweet

And remember how we began

Dreaming in the sunshine

Crisp wind tugging at crisper leaves

We stole that wind from Fall itself

Denying words of decadent weight

Carelessly drifting up in awe

Yet staying safe in hidden sheets

Grounded by lies and secrecy

You thought it was right all along

Come home, skinny love, let’s go

Drift away, way into simple desire

Keep it short and keep it slow

Because time won’t waste

So let the wind brush your pretty hair

And tangle your codes in sailor’s knots

The breeze will stay easy

If you steer along the current

Turn a heavy handed wheel

And swing back into darkness dear

Do you remember that time 

We drove up to the island 

And left all our troubles? 

We watched blue planes fly 

In the hazy blue rain. 

I was nervous;

You were beautiful. 

Our hair whipped back and forth

And the wind caught sails in the river. 

I was scared; 

You were beautiful. 

Do you remember that time 

You climbed into bed and forgot 

The world around you? 

It was the only thing that mattered

In purple light from dusty lamps.

I was stunned; 

You were beautiful. 

We hid in sheets and lost all track

By doubting words in simple note.

I was spent;

You were beautiful. 

Do you remember those times

We caught between our breath?

Strawberries stained your bottom lip.

Dreaming thoughts full of fault.

Holding memories that never were. 

I was broken;

You were beautiful.

It’s easy to get naked on the other side

But being naked can shatter dreams.

I’m still broken;

You’re still beautiful.

Oh, dear dream catcher

Catch my soul, night by night

As I’m slowly giving up the fight

Day in, day out- where did I go?

Cursing fast but scared of slow

Swallow my thoughts, every time

As they forcefully commit a heavy crime

Wash my body with your careful shape

Provide me with not one escape

Take away the tired and spent

Leave me with a single scent

An air of desire and livelihood

Rid of terrors that do no good

I swear one day I’ll return the deed

Less request and more so need

Pull me out of my fucked up mind

Please be gentle, please be kind

Oh, dear dream catcher

Save me

Your bones

Entangled in sheets and draped in cloth

Hidden in thoughts that no one ever saw

Wrapped in sun-kissed skin so sweet

Entrapped in layers of emotional guilt

Your bones

Protrude from your hips in soft, dim light

An angular form cut through the darkness

As you’re twisting and turning from side to side

I’m watching your shadow perform a scene

Your bones

Accessorize to court your every move

Just take my body and wear it as armor 

I’ll hold you close and never let go

Because my favorite part was always

Your bones

No one saw your darkness, kid

You kept it closed and fairly hid

I know the pressure crept up quick

Enough to swallow and make you sick

I can’t imagine a world so scared

The very same one that we all shared

Glimmering hope had left your head

There’s not a thing we could’ve said

You left us cold without a sound

Passing days before you were found

Here’s to hoping you rest in peace

The shocks in life will never cease

So watch us from your new paradise

And never let us fall to vice

Or trouble that could follow near

As we toast to you every year

The life you lived and the not

You ended fate in an empty lot

Your soul will teach us all to give,

Embrace, inhale and truly live

Brother- carry me, carry me home
Take me far, far away from here
Laying in tresses without any fear
Trepidation will leave me motionless
Steering clear of eternal bliss
I’m losing life that one time showed
Left foot first; a mechanical mode
Going through motions of careful plan
Powerful prose are where it began

Brother- carry me, carry me home
My body is weak and my mind close by
Questioning myself in a crowded I
A fluttering scene of shielded doubt
Responsibility keeping limitations out
Flying free peace doves alike
I’m waiting for that light to strike
Interceptions clear the cluttered path
Some burning heat or melting wrath

Brother- carry me, carry me home
I can’t stay another second, you see
It’s time to get up and finally be
Capabilities scrolling in front of my eyes
Like photo strips across blue skies
I’m reaching and pulling with heavy hands
Galaxies’ stars are where it stands
My one request is to bring me back
So, please call forth what I dare lack