Casual Cruelty

A sweet melody,
casual cruelty.

Giving ourselves away in pieces,
bit by bit
we disappear.

Tonight
the mirror's empty, but
the glass is full. 

We're drowning in inches. 

Semantics.

We're bound for the floor. 

Pathetic.

 

I'll close the door behind me.

The Hunger

Bowing down.

I feel the hunger ravaging my insides
until only scraps remain.

You're the illusion of sustenance,
never leaving me full.

And I'm starving.

I'm so ready to bite the hand that feeds.

Lean in,
I'll steal the breath right off your lips.

The Tarpit

there is no escaping
you, the tarpit
a plague on this dead colony

clawing toward the horizon
but sticking in the dirt,
your stigmatic ego is
dragging us back down

out of your element
in the elements, while I'm
drowning in the light
of your eyes

spotlighting my disaster

Something in the Way

Maybe it's the silence/
maybe it's the way
you push my hair back
off my face
I cannot know the meaning/
cannot know our fate
(but I'll) keep on coming back for you
every single day

something in the way,
(there's something in the way)

We're bleeding all our feelings
making no mistakes
calling into question
why I hesitate
we're sharing all these words
and I swear I like the taste
but something is amiss,
something's in the way

Lechery

Something forbidden bubbles to the surface
suddenly bursting, spreading infection.

My lungs tighten
as I breathe in your toxins.

No doubt, you will be the end of me.

I quiver and quake by your side,
begging for breath, knowing full well
I will succumb to your intoxication.

I am dizzy and infatuated, infuriated
by this need to share your lethal air.

Royalty

Red blinds, tucked tight
to signal inflicted misery,
but it's a short walk across the street. 

Double dog detour. 

Bones jutting like crowns,
lies beneath our surface.

Stolen royalty, mostly
thirsty to get caught.

Buried Alive

Terror eclipsed
the mark of misery takes shape
your lies are coming full circle
trying to escape your fate

Take pride
in every mistake you defiled
branded by our connection
the burden behind your disguise

Your every breath is failing you
your reign is finally over
words hollow as graves escape
but who will hear you now?

Voracious Appetite

Losing part of my mind
an hour at a time.

Breath ignites
the flame inside
when souls collide
every night.

Take it easy, kid.
You'll lose an eye.

Intimacy

Let's find the lines and blur the tides
of waves forming between our thighs
find me howling at the moonrise at noon
crafting mountains dragging me to you 

What'd you call this time we're spending
withering away together?

Let's just say
what the chemicals formulate,
I'm saying words
but you can't relate

Something about the way
we can't look in the eyes after
spending thirty hours
contaminating each other

so certainly, we flee the scene

we'll never speak until
pheromones betray our intentions

Such a shining example of intimacy
the air our lungs are sharing, you and me
So used to breaking things to feel anything,
but what's anything worth tonight?

Let's just say
what the chemicals formulate,
I'm saying words
but you can't relate

and you don't have the guts
to make this real anyway

Follow the Sun

Count all my needs on one hand tonight

two sips, two lips
eaten alive

and I should know better,
but I don't.

Let's go.

The sun's going down
and I'm at your beck and call.

Tell me tell me tell me
to follow the sun