Month: September 2017

there are always soft winds
that blow down from the escarpment
on the hottest day of summer
when your sweat beads
falling down the small of your back

it’s refreshing to feel them
caressing your arms
sending cool chills
throughout your body
reminding you of the coming cold

the autumn weather scares off the heat
ensuring those closet sweaters
earn their worth
with the cool days
turning to cold nights

enjoy them while you still can
these hot summer nights
that leave you soaked to the bone
let those cool breezes bring to mind
the oncoming freeze to end it all

play it off like i know what’s good
hanging in and out of your neighbourhood
looking at me like a piece of meat
cut me up nice and neat
my own style on display
you can have me any way
i got this jacket for a steal
make you an offer, make you a deal
trade it up for some little kisses
you’ll come up short with awkward misses
hold you to your word on your lips
but you keep reaching for my hips
i don’t care about the nicknames
i’m not in it for misguided fame
pushed down under the level
made out to look like the devil
but my face keeps turning blood-red
sooner or later i’ll wake up dead
sticking around you is bad for my health
not to mention my disappearing wealth
make me bend to your desires
burning up houses with bed fires
soon you can catch me underground
it’ll be hard for me to be found

i feel kinder beside you
like i misread the manual
to keep you in neutral
as i steal your heart

it’s not that i was different
years before i ran into you
just that my demeanour
was mostly held with glue

time was never on my side
to start off on the right foot
so i kept my composure
with a hidden grin

something changed inside
when i came across you
like ice melting in the sun
everything came in tune

your priceless smile
keeping me desiring
the last kiss from you
as the moon rises at night

so take my hand darling
whisper your secrets
in my ear always
to ease my fear

well if you keep running
those fingers of yours
through my curls
i’ll live another day

my days of weeping are over
now that you’ve been spending
every precious moment
alongside me

run your fingers through my hair
i don’t have to go anywhere

let’s avoid a tragic fight
i don’t want to give up the moonlight

fear that leaving you would be insincere
so let me be absolutely clear

i’ve don’t want to give you the wrong impression
so don’t judge my facial expression

forward thinking never hurt anyone
so let’s just go out for a run

we could whistle in the dark
let our presence be known in the park

if i skip when i walk
know it’s just a new way to talk

you could savour all the bad
with your tongue so sweet but sad

let’s go out for a smoke
you were never one to choke

kiss me when i’m feeling down
stop pushing me around

let’s go out for a good long time
go out and get arrested for a crime

if the sun doesn’t rise
i hope we don’t get sick of each other’s eyes

i’ll fill you in
with what i know
what i seek
what i truly desire
in the palm of my hand
on the back of my neck
the memories i choose to forget
along with troubles i can’t help but remember
i’ll tell you all of it
with the trust you’ve instilled
my lips go loose
as i reveal it all
nothing remains hidden
i don’t have grandiose adventures
where i lose my way
only to find i was on the right path
the entire time
no, i stay content
with my surroundings
only changing in frustration
in the lackluster of it all
with the wind pushing against
regardless of direction
with all that’s been said
about the brevity of life
why waste telling you the mundane
i want to make the next step count
to exercise all effort and ambition
to stride on with you