I am the sound

I feel these depths intensify

You are the seed

I am the butterfly

I feel these colors vibrate

You are the brush

I am the creative state

I feel the earth changing

You are the rain

I am the weathering

I feel the spirit integrating

You are the body

I am the bodies craving

I feel the water

I feel the waves

I feel the slumber

Here comes the thunder

Here comes the shout

You are the mouth

I am the sound

Psychology of a Society

Every animal in the world is gonna bite you

Every boy and every girl is gonna fight you

And the only place that's safe is in your mind

And even there they'll find a way to touch you any time

I have a proposition

If you had the time to listen

The birds seem to crave your remission

I am nothing but a small speck of dust

The wind carries your cries of torture

I have no love for this created alter

It is the mind that carries our falter

And I see the way it plays across your eyes

Every animal in the world is gonna bite you

Every boy and every girl is gonna fight you

And the only place that's safe is in your mind

And even there they'll find a way to touch you anytime

And even if I liked you

I would find the time to spite you

I have no faith in institution

I am the mother of an endless pain

The CD skips a track on this record

I have no excuses for this painted lord

I fall back on his old, rusty word

I am a universe of contradictory actions

Every animal in the world is gonna bite you

Every boy and every girl is gonna fight you

And the only place that's safe is in your mind

And even there they'll find a way to touch you any time

Boy

I see you in my dreams

I see you commandeering my body

I see you grow in my mind

I smell you when I'm lonely

I hate you for it

I hate everything you do

You beautiful boy

You spawn of riches

You great and holy fuck

I see the light in your eyes

I see myself

Breaking it and leaving them

Void of any color at all

Tide

This sadness

Deep pools

Of clear gray

Ringing out

And Drawing in

Ride it out

Till you can feel

Normal again

Till you feel the

Dull ache

Behind closed eyes

But you can finally

Step away

From the tide

Always present

In your mind

words

Words

Oceans

Breathing

It's so frustrating

Believing

A caged bird

Who can

Only see

In the dark

It's gone

Back

To where

It belongs

Strangers

Feelings

Wanting

Seeing

Gone

Gone

Gone

It's hard facing

That which

You can't

Feel

It's hard

Believing

Words

Oceans

Love

Nothing

Absolutely

Nothing

At all

Growing

Dreams came like seasons

And they changed with moods

Sometimes only conversations heard

Sometimes bodies close together

Just holding on and finding peace

The thought of you

Fresh on the mind

Eyes burn for it

Willing you here

Beside this body

Enclosing it

In soft skin

And the scent of you

And how can it possibly

Be explained

The feeling of grace

The complex web

Of deep

Emotion

Your fingers

Reaching out

Entangling with these fingers

And turning into roots

That grow

And grow

Mirror

I do not mind that you are sad by the window, crying silently, waiting for the sky to rain. I do not mind that you are sad in the shower, with no emotion in your eyes and your hands balled into fists. I do not mind that you are sad when you are sleeping, dreaming about a girl who is unavoidable but too far out of reach. I do not mind that you are sad and lonely and depressed. I do not mind at all.

Your face is bleached into the color the stars make. Your hands are brown with dirt and loved by your mind for their color. I saw you dance in the moonlight, you were not sad. You were not sad, and I was not sad. You danced with the color of your face reflected back to you through the lights in the night sky. You danced in the moonlight and you ran back home after.

When you come in the front door and you smile, I see your freckles stretch and your skin pull tight and your eyes shine bright. When you come through the door and your mouth is a line, I see your calm face and the dead look in your eyes.

When I see my reflection, I see you looking at me. I see you see me. I see you. I am sorry and unafraid. I am strong and not withered. I am frayed on the edges but it gives my hope character.

When I look in the mirror, I love you no less.

A terrible fate

I dreamed of you

But instead of love

I felt grief

I felt sorrow

I felt disappointment

So deeply

Run through me

At the thought

Of not wanting you

Any more

Of not loving you

Any more

Skin

I wonder what you do

If you find it in your heart

To move

To face it all

To dance

This passion has passed

I don’t feel a thing for it but

Trepidation and a wanting

I lay here

Wondering what you do

Knowing that if I care enough

Is is worth it at all

Is it anything

Is this anything

And my body is eating me

Breaking me down

Composing me

Tangling me with desires

A breakdown of summer

Telling me

I want the sun

When all I want is rain

I want the rain

And the scent of you

On my skin