If you could reach inside my heart, What would you do with it? Everyone else has torn it apart.
If you could reach inside my chest, Would you even find it? Doctors say it’s not the best.
If you could reach inside my mind, Would you like what you see? Nobody ever calls it kind.
Please reach inside my heart, This time will be different. I promise
Luna, the name encompassed my entire life, It echoed in streets and swam through oceans. It struck me down, pierced with a single knife, Sorcery I yell, this witch brewed love potions.
Luna, the name glowed in my darkest hours, I wish to dance and frolic in fields of Green. Your ethereal eyes and your scent of flowers, I imagine the age of time, all that has not been.
It is just a name, all I have known, The bitter scent of coffee, all I have known, A wrinkled grin and a laugh, all I have known, Luna, the girl I knew nothing about, had flown.
Lying deep within the cold concrete cities, I sigh, I doze, I pray.
I dream of an enchanted forest filled with poets, I paint, I read, I write.
The screaches of cars ignite the forest, fire spreads, I work, I eat, I sleep.
The Calendar flips, time wrinkles weathered faces, I blink, I step, I jump.
Return to the forest, it is rich and bright, it is eternal, I am free
I hate myself for loving you, Pretentious and stubborn, you smile at me. A grin, or a snarl, you laugh at my misery, Yet unwillingly I love you.
Briefly holding my hand, my face turns an unpleasent shade of scarlet. A brief cold stare and I am a sinking ship, Why do you cause me this pain?
Ignorant of warnings, I continue to love. Slowly, the ice melted, and spring sprung up. An endless summer followed, your lips glued to mine But deep down, this surprise was predicable
I stood, holding onto the cold metal railing, I was about to jump, my life seemed to be failing
But you wrapped your arms around me and pulled me back, I stared at the stars in the night sky, and my life seemed to be on track.
You were like a sunbeam of joy, perfect in every way, I was the moon, distant and cold, but still you would stay.
You never know what you love until you miss it, I want to see your face again, I’d love to kiss it.
That night, I came back to our home, The balcony door was open and it chilled my bone.
I ran to the railing and exploded into tears, The sight I saw, was beyond my fears.
You lay there in the night, finally at rest, I wish I could tell you that you were my best.
The sky full of stars seemed dead and cold; a place once so magical now hurt to behold.
Beyond the maps, where legends dwell, I ventured into the unknown, I ventured into hell.
The fires screamed and the monsters wailed, The stench of death floated and sailed.
Hell was harsh and hell was cruel, To willingly go, you’d be a fool.
Once a fool in love, now a fool in pain I’d do anything for you love, so I got on the train
To the centre of the earth, to the devils lair, An exchange of my soul for yours, he deemed fair.
The adventure was dreadfully rough, But dear, I would do anything for you, love.
Her opal eyes meet mine, time stops. Her hands wrap around my body, pulling me in. So close, I could barely breathe. Where do I look? Her eyes, like stardust; her lips, like fresh apples. She gently places her hand on my chest, calming my heart rate like the ocean. I blink. Her lips on mine, the taste of golden sunlight. She is already deep in the sea of love, I cannot swim. But love is a leap of faith.
Coffee shop, flooded with gold, Our drinks still full, had gone cold.
I said “I should go, it’s getting late” she said “should we continue this date?”
Two pairs of footprints engrained in the snow, Side by side we strollled, our hearts aglow.
She said “thanks for tonight” as we arrived at my home, My heart ached from seeing her go.
This was meant to be just a date, I was prepared for a fling not fate.
More snow began to fall, I watched as she danced in it, like a princess at a ball.
This time was different from my past, If I did things right, then this one could last.
I knew love now, and I had found here, A revelation that took too long to appear.
I shouted “wait!”, and she turned around, This was a love I longed to be found.
I know why the caged bird sings, It’s soul has been broken and beaten, But her heart still burns and rings.
To love is to live, or else become empty To starve someone of their passion, eventually sucks their soul completely.
Surrounded by chains of steel, For what reason? Other than that she refused to kneel.
Abandoning the dull life of the doves, Is to choose to fly over the gold cages, But fall back into their gloves.
To fly is a dream, an unsuccessful dream. No bird can survive on its own, once we’ve tamed them, they can only dream.
I know why the caged bird sings, It understand the illusion of freedom, But our hearts hope to survive, So we sing.