Hold Me Close

my conscience stays adrift

don’t touch me i am sick

leave it up to gods that need attention

even a blessing can be a lesson

her skin is cold, our fingers fold

and i hold her in my eyes

as she moans

“you saved me”

she wrote

all you do is lie and deceit

don’t you know an eye for an eye

is a bad habit? so keep the receipt

i need them to see,

but this is deeper than me.

try having a secret to keep

with a backstabbing grit in your teeth

but want the whole world to love you

as their favorite mystery piece

how can you blame a single person you meet.

i’m no angel you see

i fly high with devils

born with no wings

my love embezzled

by impermanent things

we are all sinners unique

and purpose we seek

so keep the ground on your feet

because we’re all here fighting gravity

and when i see you,

everything else disappears

if i’m being honest

i have to let you go

the southern sun is setting

sinking ships below

backwards i’ve been running

downwards i have flown

heart is getting heavy

you say it’s overgrown

my mind is too fast

i can’t keep up

poison in my blood,

no bite, no arrow either.

just a glimpse of heaven,

to a nonbeliever.

i hear music when i’m around you

i want what i can’t have

you have become many things,

like the certain shape of a cloud,

or a ring pop for a wedding ring,

a flower in the ground,

and a ghost that haunts my memories.