Behind The Beautiful Forevers

Behind the beautiful forevers in your eyesIs a softness, a moment, a dreamI’ve just come out of wonderingStarted to wonder you see Behind the painting of a little house by the riverIs a mountain, blue skies and a treeI’ve just fell in lovewith four little doves...

To Call It Living

Some things don’t get easier, but everything will endJust breathe a little deeper, it’s not your last but that dependsThat was me, that was thenAre you sure you’ll never say you loved meAre you sure you’ll just say you adored me You watch as I, breathe and lie, and...

Colours In The Dark

You gave me a warning, when you gave me your lightYou said only if you pick it up and pour into your eyesI used to swallow the darkness with my palms against my faceAnd squeeze so tight I would start seeing shapes What do they know about my god?They told me about...

Postcards

Postcards you gave me I keep in my bottom drawerCame back from places I haven’t even heard beforeI watched you go, no smile returnedJust a postcard from a discount store of an old country old Postcards you gave me I’ve read over a thousand timesThose...

Strangers In The Stairways

I watch the raindrops fall from my windowRacing down to meet the balconystreetlights kiss as my eyes start to miss the daylightunwashed pots fill the worktopsdriving me to insanitytv blares as the neighbours upstairs start their fistfight The wheel it spins, the night...

Lost

When do I stop feeling tiredTo open my eyes to a state requiredTo see those half smiles smiling my wayOh my, fake reply, you’re the apple of my eyebut the apples seemed to rot from the very core When do I stop feeling shallowIs everyone really this straight and...