KNOCK KNOCK







Imagine if people could barge in on your thoughts,
At any time
Unbeknownst to you
Listen in to the intimate things, minute by minute
That you dare to think because they're private
At times volatile and brutally honest
But because they're only thought and not uttered
No one is hurt or wounded by the venom in your words
So just imagine if they heard
The inner verses outer line shattered.
Everything laid bare
No one spared.

FAVOURITE SONG


And now when I listen to my favourite songs
I don't hear the lyrics sang
But the conversations we had
Whilst they played in the background
Against a back drop of long laughs,
Birds tweeting
Flower buds that look like bells ringing,
And there's a pang in the pit of my stomach
At this part
Where you started to say something
But dismissed it as a silly thing
I know I would have wanted to hear
Because your eyes said enough
And I swear they tore off the first layer of my skin
Penetrating deep within
I know you would have said something
Like how this song begins.

RAIN DANCE







I'm going to pull the petal off every last stem,
Hold it like a gem to the sky
Crush it to dust between my fingers,
Why?
Because we destroy what we love
And when these ash like particles fall,
From high above
They'll hit the ground like silent notes
And we'll dance to the sound of violence.

SWEET DREAMS


Stay out of my dreams,
Don't you think you occupied enough of my day?
And my thoughts, which were all about you
Wondering if you noticed me,
Noticing things about you
And now you creep into my sleep
So my heart flutters even with eyes shutting for the night
You're pulling my inner strings relentlessly
I am a puppet
Dissemble my wings
And I fall hopelessly
Tripping on ecstasy
See,
In my dreams you are,
Bright lights and fire flies and golden eyed and
Precious time and
All mine.