Oh, such a sweet fool. I once thought love Was reigning savior. So, so foolish. I once believed love
How can somebody Who loves to explore Be so afraid to leave?
I ran from you all my life. I’ve had problems, But that doesn’t make it right.
Sam said, “Get over it.” As if I could Just climb a tree. Sam said,
I’m silently screaming Alone in the bathroom. The tears of a sinner Won’t let my fears go. I’m suddenly drowning.
She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird
While you were gone, My childhood dog died. I wept for both of you, And I felt like a corpse. While you were gone,
Spring into fall, And we’ve all hit a wall. Love comes quickly. Sometimes, it grows. Summer, then rain,
The grass was dewy. You carried me on your back. I could feel your heartbeat Through your shirt. I wanted you to be mine,
Smile your baby smile and please l… I know I love you, but haven’t yo… Twinkle and shine and don’t ever c… You warm me like a fox in a fox’s… Light of my life and you gave me t…
If only My tears were colors. There would be pink on my pillow And green on my shoes. There would be red on the paper
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
Twigs on fire Never linger, never flit. Their emotions stand dire To the situation that cannot be sp… Twigs on fire never see.
My broken heart Throbs dysfunctionally. It beats to a cracked rhythm Between dead, dead, dead And life, life, life.
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.