Capture

I would have taken more pictures 

If I would have known 

That the smiles on our faces 

Would soon be turning cold.

I would have tried to capture

The warmth

When I knew where it was found,

When it was a place called home. 

Do you remember when the good times began to fade?

when did the good times become a pile of 

neglected photo albums?

when did our memories become 

nothing more than old photos 

left to rot 

on dusty shelves? 

Tell me when did those smiles turn

Into ghosts of our former selves? 

Time and Time Again

Time creeps and races by,
In quick flashes 

And blinks of eyes. 

Slowly we decay 

As we watch the world 

From windows and couches. 

Time comes and time goes,

Rushes and flows. 

Sometimes time is a wave beating at the shore,

Other times it’s calm rolling current 

Sweeping you slowly up, 

And carrying you farther than you ever meant to go.

Time greets you

With its sweet hellos,

And leaves you 

With goodbyes that often sting.

Sometimes it’s forever,

And we get no reasons as to why.

Yet,

Some chances do come again.

The hard part 

Is never knowing 

When. 

You hurt me because I let you and

The pain I suffer

At your hands, 

Is better than a loving touch 

From any other.

Nothing matters until it does

Nothing matters…

But there is a thought,

That kills any chance of getting a decent nights’ sleep,

As it creeps,

Under blankets at night;

What if I’m wrong? 

Highway

Driving down the highway 

That same thought 

Hitches a ride, 

Now it’s on my 

Passenger side.

That same thought 

Refuses to say 

A quick goodbye. 

I Park the car

And I run upstairs,

But that same thought

Follows me up there. 

That same thought 

Lays its head on the pillow 

Right next to mine.

And that same thought,

Spends the night. 

If only you would have stayed..

Maybe that would have kept 

That same thought,

At bay. 

It Didn’t Hurt at First

It didn’t hurt at first,

When you called her 

Your one and only.

And I didn’t flinch 

When you kissed her,

In my car.

But tonight,

You put your arm 

Around her

And all at once,

With no warning 

My heart shattered.

It shouldn’t have mattered,

But goddamn it mattered.

Nothing has ever mattered 

More. 

I am a Leaf , You are the Sun

The leaves 

Try and hide 

Their maze of veins.

But when the sun

Catches them 

With it’s rays of light,

It reveals

A map unknown to

Unseeing eyes. 

I am the leaf 

And you are my sun,

You bring out 

What I become. 

For Me

No one was ever willing 

To put up a fight 

For me. 

Then you 

Burnt cities to the ground

And layed them at my feet. 

And I realized, 

That ruins 

Never seem to settle neat. 


Blue

Some things are 

Just as they seem. 

Waste no time 

Pondering the sky 

For reasons why.

Blue is just a color.

And oh how I wish 

It was just as simple 

With you and I.