I don’t understand. I don’t understand the cruelty The darkness The fear This choking feeling.
He helps her with her blush. She’s surging red, Velvet and soft like a rose. Her mouth’s gone dry With his wind.
She fell like rain, Like a bird, Like a comet chasing light, Like a star dropping from the nigh… Like a stone in water,
A tree fell in the park last night… I didn’t hear it go. The innards smelled of peppermint, And I felt the crumbling dirt Turn into ash in my hand.
While you were gone, My childhood dog died. I wept for both of you, And I felt like a corpse. While you were gone,
It’s like waking up from your best… To find that it’s all gone. When you love someone who isn’t re… And you say, “I’m done.” It’s like swimming in Heaven,
I’m falling apart beneath my smile… I grapple blindly for a rope To save myself from rising waters. I come up, lungs full of despair, And my parents cover my mouth
So stealthily I lead: Touching green, Seeing rocks below me. I’m gulping pride Because I know life is
If I should die before I wake, don’t cry, For that was what I always wanted…
Sometimes, I wish I was a tree: Tall, wide, and majestic as can be… One with branches that sway slowly… Watching above, everything I woul… Sometimes, I wish I was an oak.
Spring into fall, And we’ve all hit a wall. Love comes quickly. Sometimes, it grows. Summer, then rain,
I sing of a new carol Which starts silly giggles As a speeding blue carriage Runs merrily through the dark.
You were the devil. I knew it before you did; And I was St. Mary With clouds trailing behind me. I gave you my virtue
Why am I crying? I’m not crying at the loss of love… I’m crying because I never experi… True love. I wanted epic.
I could hop on a train. Grow akin to the screaming and whi… Where would I go? Far from here, from cold. Tell my parents my love,
