Illusion

Do not hold a heart hostage
With the lies you tell yourself
Secrets are a cruelty
Not a kindness

Bleach

Your name is a stain in my heart 

No matter how much I bleach

I can’t remove the memory 

Sanguine

When does the guilt end
For not bleeding myself dry

Peeling

Frantically I pulled the wallpaper
Chunks of curled despair
Flung them onto the floor
Pulse racing
Thoughts bumbled
After that night
How on earth could you not see
That life wasn’t for me?

Fences

Liquid emotions
Can't be contained by
Fences

Inevitable

Holding my breath

Eyes open to what I am stepping into

I’ll let you hurt me

Because you make my heart feel real

I can’t title this one the way I want to

Before sunrise
I let it slip
A thought clanging inside my head
A phrase my sober words keep
Locked up
It feels foolish
But just might be true
People don’t understand
Why I hold this spot for you
Why I’d let you
Touch my heart
The truth is you live under my skin
You never stopped
I can bury
Ignore
But you linger
I’ve built you a shelter in my chest
A place where I secretly wait for you to
Come home