dreaming (yet I am awake) or am I?
in my dreams,
(dreams that run through my blood)
you surface. there’s
no light, no lies but
only truth and us
our lives bare
in the dark
as the thread tangles
as I pass and you pass by
as our eyes meet at the point
where love is nothing (can’t be anything)
and
you see something deeper
behind those eyes.
I see nothing.
in dreams, dreams
that run through my blood (iron
hiding in my blood)
there’s no waking up
only us and the truth
that unravels as we
pass. a moment of
touch that
shatters my shadow(s)
in the dark.
in dreams
(dreams that run in my blood)
you surface. and wreck my insides
with a look.
til there’s no reality
no illusions
only us and truths.
not love.
(never love)
only truth that
lies bare
so hollow
so full
we can’t look
away. only
deeper.
(into nothing.)
(into everything.)
into your eyes.
into my eyes.
into the distorted reflection
that surfaces on my
blood that drips,
bleeds from fresh scars.
in dreams,
dreams that run in my blood
(I drowned and you surfaced).
in dreams,
dreams that run in my blood
I drowned (I woke up).
River
It flowed through her veins and out her fists.
In the ring she was unstoppable.
No one could understand that she didn’t want to,
couldn’t control the bursts of red hot blood spilled by her own fury.
They didn’t understand why she
took a bottle of sleeping pills to
help her sleep that night,
and took enough so she’d never have to wake up.
She was unstoppable,
this river of power flowed from her fists,
yet-
she died.
Some filed it away as an accident.
Others argued she must have known.
But why?
That was always the question.
The answer was simple;
The river that led her to fame,
also drowned her.
No Love
Waves of armed soldiers,
Swarming the frontlines
They pillage and plunder,
Destroying everything in sight
They fire their guns,
Sharp cracks splitting the putrid air
Bullets spray, meeting their target
Hearts are shattered without mercy,
Swiftly crumbling apart
Blades slice into bruised flesh,
Entering and exiting in a heartbeat
Almost like a lover,
The metal caresses torn skin
Gently, a phantom embrace
Lost with the last traces
Of an unforgiving night
No trace of life left in sight
