Out of reach,

You always seemed to be—

Out of reach.

Next to me but your minds elsewhere,

You swear—

There’s no where you’d rather be.

So why are you looking at the door?

Is it because you don’t want me anymore?

It’s fine either way,

Because at the end of the day,

You’re not the boy I fell for.

So why are we still here?

My friends call it stupidity,

I call it love but it might not be.

...

He says—she says I’m sick of this.

I’m scared—

You’re scared.

We’re holding onto nothing.

Is this love?

It sure doesn’t feel like it.

Giving up for the sake

Of feeling something.

You’re a believer.

And I’m a realist.

So maybe it’s time

We gave up on this.

He says: I love you.

She says: do you?

Lately it seems

Like I’m just a chore to you.

He says: it’s better to love

She says: i...

“I love you.”

He blinks. With a mere two steps, he puts the world between us, repulsed as such by the words I have shared even though they have been said before. He sighs. Taking a moment to breathe the thinning air around us before whispering;

“You can’t. You- you don’t. “ he looks down at the floor, “We can’t do this to each other, not anymore. We have to give each other up before- before one...

I do not know how long I have been here and I’m not even sure why I am.

The bouquet of white daisies in my callous palms are wilted and saddened, growing sickly in colour. The slamming of doors and the wracked sobs in the distance blend into the cracks of despair.

Death is a frequent visitor here.

Sweaty palms and strained breaths are the only things that remind me I am living. I hear my nam...

It happened so long ago,

That I remember it in black and white,

We tried to reach the stars,

We thought our love could reach the height.

It happened so long ago,

That the sky’s were painted green,

Grass was blue, clouds were black,

Upside down, with no way back.

It happened so long ago,

A time where love was grey,

A time we loved in red,

Maybe we should’ve used grey instead.

It happened so l...

You or me.

Me or you.

We keep blending the lines between what’s false and what’s true.

I’ll take the blame,

If that’s what I have to do,

I’ll smear blood on my hands,

I’ll hold the gun if you asked me to.

You’ll pull the trigger,

And I’ll sit in silence,

I’ll hold my peace,

And turn to violence.

I’ll surrender at their gunshots,

While you sneak out the back door,

I’ll admit to their clai...

Look in the reflection,

Walk through the shadows of the past,

Try to find the reason,

That friendship didn’t last.

Look in the reflection,

Smile at the ghost of your first love,

Try to find the reason,

You never were enough.

Look in the reflection,

Hear the whispers of their talk,

Try to find the reason,

Of that path you chose to walk.

Look in the reflection,

Find what you seek to see,

Try t...

Before I know it I’m leaving,

Leaving,

Leaving,

Leaving out the door.

Before you sense my pain,

You’re smiling down at her once more.

When will you realise,

The person you’ve been looking for is me,

When will you realise you’re loving her when you should be loving me.

She’s holding your hands,

Smiling like you’re the universe,

She’s looking up,

At the future and I wish it was us.

Preparin...

Take me back to the days we were running,

Running from our shadows,

Like they were something,

Something to be scared or frightful,

Now all I see is dusk turn to dawn,

As the night falls.

Swinging higher than the trees,

Chasing endless happy dreams,

Sliding down the slope of fame,

But now we don’t know each other’s names.

Where did the days in the park go?

Eating ice cream,

Until we had to go,...

You used to lie and say forever,

But now nothing seems to last,

You once said that you loved me,

So how could you forget the past?

I never could forget the past.

I still remember the September kisses,

And in November wish I could re live it,

But in December everything seemed to go wrong;

It was always meant to go wrong.

You took my hand and told me it would be alright,

So how come nothing seem...