Words into Waves

now we face the dealer, cards in hand, cigarettes and empty breathingwalking through these face down walls, sevens and fours leave me scrambling for ninesthree is four without you, and me without six is me hoping for you,ten moments of these cold days, conversations used to fix the past,words flow out speedily today, almost too…

the turning pages of life continue through the darkness of tonightwalking through snowthe black and white hue we rest our photographs on show no emotionthe trenches we fight in and duck and cover from what we are afraid ofand though we fly through moments we once hadand through the trenches we fly beneath what makes…

the shadowsshades, watching the shallow length of our bodies;the ones we’ve lost have lost the ones we are,us, the shallow bucket of life;we bare witness to the rippers walking into this town,we bare clothes off our backs for those without backs;become what I’ve becomeand you’ll become lonelyyour words will become lostshatteredforgottenyes you were there in…

it’s safe to say that the both of us here have something new to say to each otherI love you and I hope you stay with meas soon as these rodents become extinct we will both know that what is wrong hasnever been anything significant“I’ll get working on that” you try to say but I…

a thick layer of attitude and vodka kept us all togetheruniting people who hate each other in one placehoping we would all do each other the favor of ignoring our differences,our big family hates most of our membersI fucking hate the way I had to look at your face to make my night hilariousI am…

you’re not a fad, you’re not a collectionyou’re not a gift, you’re a common correctionyou are the sear on my chest, fixing mistakes I’ve made up to nowyou’re not a dream too far to catch up with I find it impossible to hold you all night longwhen I wake up you are always gonebut you…

the nicest smell to fade through my blood vessels nothing to take to taste after all hours that I’ve put in to you data center is in need of some repairsthe walkway to the concrete is the way you approach our next moves,if you feel normal again, I will wade in the ocean built by millipedes searching for…

now that I’ve been around, I’m getting use to this new feelingsome people say hello when I’m leavingas much as you say this world is falling apartI know it’s coming togethernow however I know my way around you and I feel like a new toypull me higher than yesterday and lay me back down on…

for Jessica we walk on the ocean floor, though gravity doesn’t allowwe stay sturdy on the boat, while hanging off the bow-here we sit, alone again, sounding off at the slightest shot from the gunyou are my moon, eclipsing this sun you pull them in, just to erase time spent at shorewhen I thought I…

we’ve spentso much time getting this chord progression downyou’ve been plucking at my heartletting me see that you are my violinist keep up the pace and promise me you’ll never leaveyou are the carrier of my room key, you are safe and alone in here we’ve spentevery waking moment figuring out how to configure our…