Every answer is the right answerLike an exam without a keyAnd a student teacher whoDoesn’t want to keep grading papersSo she grades the first pageand leaves the rest unmarkedYou’re certain to passAnd whatever you doThere’s a future bright for youThere’s nothing you can’t do.
When I see your faceThrough the screenIt sends me wantingMore of youThe man I can seeBut only through the phone
The place that feels worse than hellNeither good nor bad enoughTo offer what you willNeither beginning nor the endFor its residentsWaiting to see where they’ll goNo flutes and lyreNo lake of fireJust waiting.Full of hope.Full of dread.Wishing you weren’t dead.
You’ve lived in that bodyAll your lifeFelt it growKnow each muscleEach boneEvery scarYou know its weaknessIts strength. You’ve lived in that brainAll your lifeMade a choiceChanged your mindEach regretEvery dreamYou know how you thinkIt’s hope. You’ve never seen who you areAll your lifeNever known the real reasonThe women who want youThe men who’ll follow youThe…
If I could breathe for you,Every breath would be sweet.If my heart could beat for you,You’d rush to the deep.If I could think for you,I’d use each node in my brain.If I could suffer for you,I’d hold all your pain.
When I was lost and sad,Suffering and aloneI ran to you because I knewYou could comfort meLike no one else.Though I barely knew youI felt you alive in an instantLike a dark roomLit by a flip of the switchYou were in my head againAnd touching my heartIn just momentson your porchI was safeAnd warmAnd whole.…
Some day in the futureWhen I am yoursAfter you’ve gone to workI’ll curl into our bedAnd breathe deeplyYour scent still on the sheetsYour taste still on my lipsMy fantasies realizedI’ll smile with delightSome day.
I don’t want to hear your voiceOnly when you’d like to charm meOr when you feel like laughingOr romantically disarm me. I want to hear your voicewhen you crawl into crazyAnd nothing makes senseLogic fails, your mind betrays. I want to hear your voiceWhen you want to be aloneAnd sadness is winningTears are falling and…
Fucked up and miserableSad and angryAnxious and lost and confusedI see you how you areAnd yet I love youI know what you’ve beenWhat you could beWatching you struggle,I know who you are.And it’s the best manI’ve ever seen.
Watching you struggle,Feeling you suffer,Hearing your delight,Knowing your soul,Thinking with you,I know who you are.Maybe at your worst.And it’s the best manI’ve ever seen.Strong.Vulnerable.Flawed.Good.