the end of a day comes so suddenly
although we know it's on its way
it's never welcome to stay...


what words
will you say
when given a chance
to say...

the raindrops of syllables
that trickle so delicately
from inside your mouth to the
top of the sky
they die
they die
and there's no birds
that can misinterpret them first
or memory that can satisfy the thirst
for a touch
for a look in an eye
that says i am here tonight
so let's just say goodbye.

i want to be so close to you,
i try to tear the skin off your bones to get inside
and the desperation flutters
from the tips of my fingers into my eyes
and the conversation between yours and mine
buys me a little time
as i struggle so desperately
to make you mine

droplets of rain
wash away the pain
that rests on my face
that burdens my heart
in this desperate place
wash away the trace
of all the trust
i could never replace
help me disappear
into the night
i frantically feared
to embrace

forehead to forehead
mind inside mind
immersed in your soul
and the fringe of your eyes

brown and then blue
and water subsides
the upwelling of the heart
held back by the tides

billows of gray
and pockets of light
refusing to slumber
but hoping i might

tired eyes let yourself go
fade to black, drift to sleep
it's not the surroundings that you know
not the memories you want to keep

the embers usher in the
end of something beautiful and bright
the sky exhales to end the
suffering of the light

muddled and confused
like watercolors green and blue
indiscernible up close
but focused with a wider view

silent eyes, cavernous
like an eclipsed moon
lull to sleep and never
dream of this sullen june

who am i to feel this way
when i have it all here in front of me
in front of me
this is not what i hoped you'd see
when you looked down deep inside of me
inside of me
the blood is red beneath my skin
but i'm not afraid to let you in
you tore me open and here i am
i hope one day you'll understand
you'll understand

because you saw past the layers
of my skin.
because i felt safe enough
to let you in.
because despite the demons
that have always been,
there's a soul that stretches
beyond every sin

i love you for seeing me