(2014)
Everyone sees god in a different light but I was born without eyes
Under the weight of life I forget how to breathe and I feel suffocated I hesitantly make peace with the world
I hope this is postmarked before my death certificate is dat… but you’ll know why if it is or if it isn’t If you get this in time
I’ve always been at the very least a little caught up on everything about you This idea of you
The road is long and winding like nothing you can imagine Too many off ramps to count but too few in hindsight
I know that you were there in my dreams and in my arms Every dream we
Everyday brings a new death in three words give or take Some days I drown
I thought I could drink you away but I had to stop being so drunk on you first
I have whispered your name into the air so many times it has become the breeze that blows
I feel empty unceasingly until you come along and fill my heart to bursting
Autumn sneaks in preceding dormancy Leaves take on new beauty with nothing left in them but a fa… Individually insignificant
There is something to be said of a true friend One who will pull the knife from your back One who will stitch the wounds
I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
To put it simply each beat of your heart is a gift that I receive with the anticipation of a child at christmas
I get my silence in five minute doses before the plane overhead brings me back to earth
