Paint stained tears Trickled down As the crowd jeered I watched in horror As he searched for cracks Within the invisible walls And found none Mumbled obscenities circulated Artless souls trying to spread disease But today I felt alive And so from the angry crowd I emerged Face to face with a sorrowful mime And [...]

Please love, pluck me gently Pull me softly into a waltz Twirl me and move me I love my manipulator Please just don’t leave me Collecting dust in the attic As my strings slowly rot And the paint starts to peel Don’t leave me here alone my love Concealed in packing taped boxes Of surreal

With a twist and a turn The light disappears Fingertips linger Upon a rope that burns As it runs Slipping from grasp Shutting in once again The dark comfort of the shadows Thoughts spinning chaotically Welcoming the known Pleading for the wanted Fingernails dig at the blinds Hoping for a glimpse of light A little [...]

Tired of the screams Echoing down imaginary hallways The strings pulling every piece A different direction While the voices laugh and plead In rain washed streets of glistening Lines obscured by the flood Directional stand still Incapable of breathing As the Phoenix rises to break Shadows grab and drag Back into the ashes of alone [...]

I stand upon a world covered in fog A prison cell of gray surrounds me Encasing me in absence Taunting with its twirling phantoms Teasing with dreams of being Your voice is the only comfort I hear it whispered on the night And it keeps me warm Keeps me sane In this world of alone [...]

The night has lost its ability No more twisting in torment Worrying about what is to come In sleep In dream Twist now arms into pillows With a smile that will not fade And a warmth that eclipses the sheets Ability to protect In sleep In dream Tonight as I lay alone again A welcomed [...]