not sleeping anymore

the things that i know

never been in love and
it doesn’t matter
my heart beats to deliver blood
love doesn’t matter

sometimes i wake to voices in my sleep
conditioning me to believe
guidelines and boundaries
will give my mind more time to think

and the things that i know
don’t give me hope,
and the things that i don’t
still bother me.

every one belongs to every one
every one belongs to every one else
every one belongs to every one
every one belongs to every one else

i dream in color tv
when i dream of you and me
we are breaking from captivity
we wear our hearts on our sleeves
and say love words that we believe

and the things that we know,
give us hope
and the things that we don’t,
keep us from being alone

every one belongs to every one
every one belongs to every one else
every one belongs to every one
every one belongs to every one else

posted by d @ 3:01 PM 0 comments

goodbye

2 sides to every story, they say and we will
0ut live them both.
0pinionated mouths retailing out their
7 cents, but I stop listening

at two.

your side was mostly in your head
except when it came out of your teeth
all broken down and wet on the sidewalk, leaning on the
railing, next to the tree,

outside in the sun
for everyone to see.

divide and conquer, they said and we
expected to win with this strategy.
considered the plan for
every unexpected turn. we were
prepared to meet
the enemy, with thin strips of ourselves.
it seems we had focused
on our own minds, (a little too much) to
notice the instructions were for the both of us.

posted by d @ 11:43 PM 0 comments