black and blue

black and blue
i tattoo your memory onto my skin
for all the times we smiled and sighed
laughing at all the pain we were in
the days we traveled across foreign lands
your former home
through a field of poppies
to show you the throne of goodness i imagined for us long before reality set in
what came to pass
when we both thought we would last through the rainy days and crashing waves
before we broke off into black and blue
to drown in the ocean.

only lovers left

it feels good somehow to know that you're looking up at the same sky i see
when i look up to the stars at night, i feel you watching them same as me.
when there is nothing else left of we
there's still life between us,
these bright lights pulsing at this enormous world shared between two souls
as if we were the only ones.

whiskey nightmares and she

once upon a time always begins in the sunshine when things are so carefree and taste so sweet.
where whiskey and cigarettes bring us nothing but happiness,
and push us as close as we can be to the shores of each others bodies.

she, in the dark became my light.
she, burning brighter than i had ever seen another human being in the night
so clear and carefree becoming everything i would need.
she gave me her strength so that i could proceed without her
when life happened and slowly shadows danced into the perfect world we set out to create together.

now, i remain when she has gone, lighting new cigarettes and pouring more drinks.
left with her socks, her scent, and glorious memories that are somehow too fragile to recall without tears to accompany them.