• Saudade

    Seasons changeSummer is overI watch as you slip through my fingersI watch as you slip through my graspOur dying gaspI felt home in youBelongingUnderstandingAcceptanceBut when my truth came outThe darkest parts of meParts of me you can’t acceptIt pushed you awayAndI needed youButYou don’t need meAndYou wont let me back inI am left with a… Read more

  • Still Life 2

    There are moments in timeMemories etched into glassThere are moments in timeMemories etched in my pastWhat we once wereWhat we once hadBut I fell from your graceI shattered our chanceThe weight of your silenceLouder than my sinEvery day a penanceMasking the man I’ve beenAnd now your smileFalters Read more

  • Still Life

    There are moments trapped in timeLike a scene in stained glassMemories frozen in amberLikeThe presence of your gazeYour glancesYour touchThe glow of your smileShining like a beacon in the darkBasking in its radianceEntranced as it becomes all of youEnveloping youSurrounding youLifting you upYour laughter echoing across my thoughtsEntrenched in meBurning away my fearsImprinting on my… Read more

  • Absence

    They say that absence makesThe heart grow ever fonderEach day feels more specialNo matter where we wanderNow I find myself daydreamingMissing you and your styleVisited by all encompassingVisions of your perfect smileAnd the most precious thingThat i ever did seeThe way that your eyes lookWhen you look up at me Read more

  • Silence part 2

    Silence. Silence was unusual in the dead of night. There was no wind rustling through the trees outside his window. There was no creak or moan of a settling house. There was no pitter patter of notcurnal hunters seeking their prey. There was not even the endless repition of ticks and tocks as the grandfather… Read more

  • Pale

    In the pale light of the moonI watched your lips turn blueI watched your eyes transfix on the ethereal nothingness around meI watched your memories fleeing into the algid nightI watched your dreams falter without taking another stepI watched the love that had burned so deeply whimper into nothingI watched a lifetime of you vanish… Read more

  • Daydream

    Oh, daydream, fit and full of follyWhere the yonder seems a blissBut how in life can a dream come trueAnd not the mark be missed?Perhaps I’m colored, misalignedBy the savage fate of loveWhen a heart doth break in despairIt can never be rewovePassion pulls, oh yes returnsBut not as a phoenix, noIt is not a… Read more

  • you asked me for space

    I wear my heart on my sleeve You filter your emotions I try to act like you don’t push me away But I wear my heart on my sleeve And when I start to crack And when I filter my emotions back And I don’t wear my heart on my sleeve And then You asked… Read more

  • Down

    Whiskey and cigarettes The smell pervades my world, Roiling together in a chaotic dance I feel the rough seat of the stool The chipped glass of the bar-top, Every crack housing another sentimental tale of woe Ashtrays caked with eons of vice The dim light casts shadows like purgatory Stretching out to unresolved eternity Neon… Read more

  • Amaranthine

    I can still taste the tears That glistened on your lips When we had our final kiss You were holding our son Your son Your betrayal The sweet pain lingered That painful desire to hold on You were entwined in my heart The tendrils of your love snaking through my veins Visions of you kept… Read more