I gave my heart to you But I never shared the news I let you think it was still mine To give to whom I choose. You asked if I could think of ways To find my soul’s true mate When all the time my heart was thine Pretending it was fate. Can you forgive me now you know Could we make up lost time? Or has the time for love flown past Our hearts’ great wish denied?

You make it easy To imagine life with you I never want to Dream our worlds apart again Take the easy path with me.

You were here. I could feel you Sense the flash of your light Before the crash of your thunder The heat of your flame Melting the ice of my heart, A glacial relic since you left.

If given the chance You would leave me behind Not a slight backward glance Nor a note left to find.

Should opportunity arise You’d desert me again Leave my watering eyes Spilling into my hand.

When the option appears You know you won’t stay Confirm all my fears By you leaving this way.

You’ve always been free to follow your heart But if I’m not included it’s best we now part.

Of the things I need most from love Doubt is what I need least from love.

When standing beside you with others close I need never to question or mistrust your love.

If my hand covers yours in a moment of hope You’ll have mine forever along with my love.

Would you come back to me, arms outstretched Give me time for my heart to remember our love?

Poured out from my chest and left in an urn Mourning loss and rejection, the memory of love.

I thought Then rethought Then I thought again This time deeper And longer Nails dug right in Sunk into our mouths Until words become flesh Flayed open Left broken Wounds bare on our chest. Then you thought That I thought That you thought not at all About pain and misjudgment Never would call Oh my heart Now it flutters With love and withdrawal For your thought And my thought Weren’t the same after all.

Neglected. Unprotected. Not being believed.

Chin up’d. Shut up. Unable to grieve.

Silenced. Violenced. Pressed to the wall.

Rushed. Crushed. Must run, can’t crawl.

If you want to know how a villain is born, Ask them how often they chose their own verbs.

Leaves on the ground around my feet Wind whips round and through my bones Takes my breath and chills the stones That line this quiet empty street. Those sunny days no longer greet Me as walking, quiet and alone, I think on how I shall atone For sins committed when life was sweet.

My heart believes the death of warmth Will cleanse my soul of shame and grief But I know my heart’s true wish: To be content as is, at peace.

When winter’s chill ceases to be May spring bring forth new life for me.

Leave your cares at the door Shed the mask you wear Come home to my heart Here we are, we are here.

Quiet your mind with me Drop the armor to the floor Rest your head on my chest You are here, I am too.

Slow your heartbeat down for me Let your body melt into the bed Take my hand and bring me down We are one, you and me.