rain

it keeps raining

it keeps raining

d

o

w

n

there's nothing

i love more

than rain

pouring

and the

s

o

u

n

d

i guess

that's new

since you're not

a

r

o

u

n

d

the weather

replaced you

the weather

changes

and i'm

c

h

a

n

g

i

n

g

into a better me

without you.

citrus.

lemon-lime

brutal-kind

lemon-lime

sour, i find.

c

r

a

w

l

lose-find

lemon-lime

we wined

and dined

to lemon-lime

right into a

w

a

l

l

lemon-lime

flight-land

today-before

cash, cash, more.

just a taste,

a sour sip

of something i knew

but never brewed

for myself.

lemon-lime

the colour green

it shines, shines.

year

this year is passing

this year is fast

this year made me

this year, i'll last

all alone in a house

i'll always remember

this year i'm older

this year is here

this year is safer

this year, clear.

i'm not miserable

i'll always remember

this year is colder

this year is longer

this year is true

this year, this year

i'm new

i'm new

no one knows.

sylvia plath

that night in the hospital

away from the world

a ball in sheets

born anew.

although both tortured

beautiful and young

she's all that i was

a portrait of her

my own sylvia plath.

a naked girl

in a bed full of screams

with shadows that followed

but that night

i became

her

instead of me.

i am a soldier

and tomorrow,

we will wake up

see the sun,

rub our eyes

from dreams,

and yawn.

for some,

the next day

is not a promise,

a guarantee.

to them it is hope.

it is a wish,

a prayer.

if the light comes,

if the morning greets,

if the shadows fall,

and the dawn seeps.

it is their fight,

their love,

their war.

for some,

no tomorrow,

no tomorrow.

on, off.

lights on

lights off

lights on

lights off

on off

on

off

in the dark

dark place

a space beyond

a space, a space.

on off

on

off

cough

breathe

cough

and when i know what this means

and when i know what this means.

on

off

on

off

breathe

breathe

walk

walk.

spring

summer

winter

fall

we all

we all

fall.

on

off

on

off.

a little lightning

a flash

a flash

on

off

on

off.

a little thunder

a rumble

shake

shake

calm.

on

off

on

off

lights out

lights out

fall

fall.