Pyre of Passion

I suppose I’m quite intense
And, from a distance
My energy
can be overpowering
I imagine
That my flames must seem out of control
But I know
that fire doesn’t frighten you
It’s love that burns

Malnutrition

This wasting of my muscles and bones
the grievous duty of metals not found
and I find that the rain falls slow
and the sea cows are screaming
all swimming for freedom from me
and I don't know which way they are going
because I am too dizzy and weak to watch them go
You can scratch the surface of the grins
and all the words of well being
and find the sadness seeping through
this window pain of grays and blues
and think I am just exaggerating
because I've exacerbated all the sympathy
with my symptoms that never seem to wane
but now its all just given way and
my body just can't hold up the pace
and i'm sick and lonely and
I've been alone this whole time
in this island of a place

A note from your sister...

She wrote me yesterday
To tell me that she remembers the way
that we were all there for each other
in some way or another
and I cried when I read it
because it reminded me too
that I miss her and your brother and nephew
and most especially I miss you
and I'm crying right now in fact
as I write these words all down
and the mourning comes late
because soon we'll be five hours away
and it will be a few years before
we see each other again
there was a time when you were my best friend
and now it hurts us both to talk
but it hurts me more to think we might not
I love you and my love always lives on
Be well and good luck

release me

Can I scratch you from my brain?
With my nails the dirty deeds.
Will your image ever go away?
I'm tired of your face and
losing my sense of relief.
Peel back this rotting skin
to find what's beneath
Remnants of the thoughts of
how you might need me, you see,
my knees will surely get dirty but
I still might just beg you to leave me.
Here I am at the end of your rope
and the chair underneath is breaking

A song sketch

Our dreams and another green tea
You think we can make this? i don't know...
I'll give up my dress and my ring
but warm water's waiting

and my skin is drying out
and the kitchen clock's going crazy
and time keeps speeding along
one day you'll look up and its gone

There are some things that I can't explain
like the way that I see you in this light
Maybe I've just gone insane
but you look like you need me

and I see in your eyes that
you see a future in mine
and it scares you to the bone
but one day we'll both know
in time we'll both see