Fuck the norm —
Proper only leads
To guilt and shame.
I'll no longer play along
These rigged games.

Today may not feel right,
But what if later
Is too late?

It's the mind that loves —
The heart but pumps the blood
To sate the lust.

Moments broken,
Crashed info the next,
Wants and needs clashing,
Losing to reality,
Sinking fast into the gray —
Curse my luck, fuck this day.

An other to each other —
There is who we are
To ourselves,
And the stranger
In the eyes of the beholder.

It's silly, but what lasts
Once it is over
Is resentment
For the things I never said,
And the things you never asked.

Navigating solely
By the light of sense and gut
Through murky lakes of motivation,
Into the unknown.

Painful truths —
It were never friendships
If they lost their use.

Committed to the destination,
Frenziedly rushing,
Blasting through the journey —
Death-bound,
Hesitant, nor worried.

Assumed deference
Is arrogance —
You're nothing to me.

Sheltered from the light —
Dreams need roots
To brave the storms
Above the cradle.

Disengage —
The tone of voice betrays
Her temperature of heart.

You can't touch me,
Stop trying —
I'll add another lock
To my barricade
For every key you find.

Foretold, yet unbidden —
Such needed,
Long-awaited
Unwelcome wonderfulness,
At such an inopportune time.

Tell you, love? No.
I'm an author —
I show.

It's true —
Love knows play,
Love knows loss,
But it is never
A game.

Is it real,
Is it deep enough,
Is it worth the emotion
If you're not
Confounded by love?

Just a few notes,
And you're back again —
Singing along the old songs,
The old pain.

Fear shifts along
Your every move,
Where hope arrows —
Don't miss it.

No heart, no home, no happiness,
No shelter withstands
All that rains.