Listening to you sleep, I’m in grace. Each breath a prayer. Every rustle a litany. You don’t know how loud you are

Am I incurable? It seems so. I’m an incorrigible invalid Of the heart.

She fell like rain, Like a bird, Like a comet chasing light, Like a star dropping from the nigh… Like a stone in water,

I often cajole myself Into crying, But I refrain. I know I’ll never stop.

Without you, I feel the pain. The rain seems cold now. Thunder is only evil, And the sky is bare and pale.

In my house, You don’t ask questions. The whispers from mom and dad Signal you to a hiding place. In my house,

If flowers could cry, Would the water out-spilled Also drown them Like a sloshing grave of Wet mud?

Someone’s teaching me to give up. It’s like unrequited love, But we’ll break up in the end. I’m showing myself to give up When I see how I fall asleep in c…

So stealthily I lead: Touching green, Seeing rocks below me. I’m gulping pride Because I know life is

Walking by at night, I saw the falling snow Tumble down like sleep. God, how could you be So cruel as to give

The devil’s in my midst.

I wish I wish I wish I could swim in oblivion. Have a tummy full of pills.

Mark, I miss you, And I love you. Each day is lost Without you.

I woke at 3 a.m., And I was scared. I thought I’d never be tired agai… But then I remembered the morning And all the joy it brings.

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