(flowers)
(flowers)
part i
you sent me flowers
and the gesture was kind
but soon they’ll die
and if you
(waltzing with water)
(waltzing with water)
I love
to sit by a
window and
stare at the rain out
there beyond the
glass
(lightning season)
(lightning season)
It’s lightning season
inside of me
I feel the static
electricity,
the buzzing, roaring
inside my chest,
(questions)
(questions)
Life is as wonderfully confusing
as answering “yes” to the question asking,
“this or that?”
Life is as infinitely
(coffee with cream)
(coffee with cream)
when you shed light on my darkness
I won’t illuminate
like sunshine on shadows-
instant vibrancy
(my body)
(my body)
my body is an hourglass,
they said
they said
but my sand is a nuisance,
they said
they
(good life)
(good life)
for years now i have had
this daydream, this fantasy
of driving in the car
with the music
(beneath a thick layer of frosting)
(beneath a thick layer of frosting)
i didn’t know
my birthday cake was made
out of paper and
lit
(far away things)
(far away things)
The earthy smell of manure
From the cows across the street
The falsetto buzz of the small
(disaster)
(disaster)
my feet run faster
when they’re running towards disaster
across burning coals,
over massive sinkholes-
this path takes