spicy moon.

The sight of you
ignites
the kindling of my old soul
wild with flames
untamed.
Late at night
I rejoice, celebrate
your truth and the lie
oh Spicy Moon,
I'm betrothed to you.

love-light.

She said don't be a stranger
damn near ten years ago
and when worlds collide today
something's brewing
under the surface.
I've said it before
and she said it today,
you could be the death of me
any given day.

ink.

Patiently waiting
for you to break the skin,
I salute you
Pablo
scratch me again.

becoming.

Her skin speaks to me without words
and suddenly I understand.

Her eyes are flames that burn through my shell,
scorching my insides.

She is death and I am dying and
she becomes me.

downtown by myself.

I feel alive in
the city at night
intermittent passerby
let me know
I'm still alive
tonight, tonight
I'm still alive

woozy.

Leaving you
the room to breathe
you said you need,
you start to question
the space between us.
Say you're betrayed
by memories of our
past tense proximity,
left feeling attacked by my
step back and
finding only my shadow
by your side now.

Leaving me
woozy, your 360's
make me question
just what I'm feeling.
And I hate you for
your contagious indecision.
Think I'll
leave you behind
for good this time,
jump back into the shadows
and call it a night.

kopfkino.

we're running lines in my mind
all the time

I find myself waiting
for you to materialize

and then you do

say you
couldn't stay away
and in time
I watch the light drain
from your eyes
then from mine

and suddenly we find ourselves
alone together

killing time

forty dollars.

My words flee like a murder scene,
no one wants to be found
near the body.

Jack thinks he can make it on his own
with forty dollars in his pocket
and a bad attitude,
so he leaves too.

I'm left holding the bag in a foreign land and
my tongue feels heavy, itching to speak
syllables that mean nothing to me.

irish goodbye.

Not worth the words I'd use
to destroy you.
I left you
counting on one hand
the syllables I'd mustered
amid your cacophony.
And they were all lies.
Not sorry, not tonight.

turtle tattoo.

You say you
mean me no harm.
Attempt to weaken my resolve
with your blade
pressed to my throat.
Tempting me
with a good time
but tonight I decline,
find greener pastures outside
decidedly away from you.