Empathy

Feeling the death of the day at your back

It doesn’t draw attention to itself like that

And god is that thing you would spit at raw

They’re the golden light at the end of a drop

I loved you more and more with each step

That you’d take, it’s the open ended,

Stumbled mistake,

I say unto you only truths that I feel

I could breathe life into you

But then I myself couldn’t deal

Rub it so raw, so dark and so dirty

Falling apart, hold myself sturdy

It’s the art of an hour left cold on the floor,

This is what I gave myself this life for,

And pray to my strengths

Show me my honors, I’m falling apart

My heart feels so sore,

Give me your hand I will bless it

And love it, only take that,

I can’t give you much more

Those Pretty Fears

Instant wishing and skydiving seagull

All in a moment when you were so startling

In contrast and fair, that light in your hair.

Heart beats and short breaths

Brave in that prey’s nest

Where blooming flowers have no rest

Just hope and hope for the very best

Rain and sunshine that don’t burn right

Against those gnarly ties,

Holding on for all their life

If just to see the other side, but they are black,

So crooked lives that break your neck with terror eyes,

You could tear them with a lingered touch

Knowing it belonged to us, and what would that

Monster do, it’d fade away, contented too