Whole
A broken boy Came to me One night Holding the shattered pieces of his heart. Cradled in his hands; He offered them to me... And the shards Were so sharp; They cut my fingers And further fell apart... My palms were raw And bleeding, But...
In Your Dreams
In the early hours When you lay your head To sleep Close your eyes And think of me In the predawn light When you have lost yourself To your dreams I will seek you out And covet your fantasies In the time before you're waking When all is...
The Great Escape
A prick A nick A cut A gash A wound Bleeding A bead A drop A trickle A river An ocean Overflowing A flicker A flame A candle A light A life Withering A body A victim A death A murder A suicide Breathing A tear A...
Second-Hand Life
"You can't leave now," Luke says softly, his voice barely audible in the chilly autumn air. He stands up as if to leave, holding out a hand to stop me from following after him. I anxiously await his signal that all is well as he creeps along the filthy...
Sometimes
Sometimes I lie awake at night Entertaining thoughts of you Your smile And your eyes All the things I love about you And as I lie awake and still in the night Thinking of you I wonder quietly Are you thinking of me too? Copy-written to...
Unspoken
I'm sorry For the things I do not say Even when the words Do come They stick upon My tongue And slowly Fade away. You keep me On a ledge Where I can only Fall I could walk along it But never From it Can I stray. I'm...
Melody for a Broken Heart
The strings are cold on my fingertips And my lips are mourning for your lips Bitter tears are streaming down my cheeks again Staining my yearning flesh with bruised heartache And filling my dreams with tarnished memories of then You were once my...
The Lonely King
Verse I I'm sitting on my throne Looking for a place of my own I'm tired of feeling alone Why don't you pick up the phone? Why do you feel the need To cut me open and watch me bleed? Even though I'm still your king The jester's the only one...
My Tragedy
Verse I The universe is spinning free I am lost The stars are trapping me These shackles are not the type that you can see And I am drifting now Left waiting For a common ground That'll never be reality Chorus My mouth's been sewn...
The Brave Coward
There is a boy Who takes my dreams And leaves his tears upon my pillow While I sleep He's only brave When in the dark Where he cannot be seen This is where he's free i want to trap him Within my heart And kiss away his pain No matter...
The Rake
The Rake I sleep Until autumn's nigh And when the coloured Leaves fall I'll wake And collect them all Within my arms So close Before the winter calls And once the wind Blows snowflakes about Again I'll sleep 'Til the seasons see fit to...
Outcast
A victim; a bully Both deeply in pain One fighting for freedom The other for fame She walks down the hallway Books held with one hand As she tries so hard To understand Here he comes towards her Harsh words on his tongue The whispers...