Run Away She Said

“One day you’re going to die.”

She said to me that night.

And I’d have been more afraid,

Had she not been such a delight.

“Tell me something interesting.”

She would say all of the time.

And I’d have never said I love you,

If I could have cleared my mind.

Run away from me

And I’ll try to escape you

Run away with me

And I won’t know what the hell to do

“Don’t make excuses for stupidity.”

That evening, she quietly said.

And I’d have been less hurt

Had she not hit the nail on the head.

“You’re like a brother to me.”

She said after the sun went down.

And I’d have cared much less,

Had I not loved having her around.

Run away from you

And you’ll try to find me

Run away with you

And not care about what we don’t see

“I think you think too much.”

She said to me one day.

And I’d have been more opposed,

Had I not been thinking about what to say.

“Just tell me what you want.”

She said questioningly that night.

And I’d have respond: you

Had I not thought the answer was right

Run away from it all

And they all make a fuss

Run away with it all

Just looking for someone to make us

The Same

I stepped out today

Where I went, I can’t really say

Couldn’t shake feeling hollowed

Pretty sure I’m being followed

I called every single phone

Still surprised that no one’s home

I stopped and yelled your name

A continuation of the same

I stepped out today

Where I went, I can’t really say

Couldn’t stand the feeling anymore

Never opened a window after closing that door

Head for the hills in a vane escape

I’m not surprised it’s covered in red tape

I stopped and yelled out your name

A continuation of the same

Come outside and sit beneath the sun

Come outside and fix what’s been undone

Out here where we know each other’s thoughts

We can be all the things that we are not

Wade and wallow in pristine tides

Allow the world to just subside

We stopped and each offered a hand to claim

A hopeful continuation of the same

Come outside and sit beneath the sun

Come outside and fix what’s been undone

No one ever said that it was going to be effortless

But if you trust in me, we can forget that mess

I’ll jump over the moon, if it suits you

Put on your shoes, and walk miles to you

We stopped and each offered a hand to claim

A hopeful continuation of the same

I returned home today

Where I’d been I can’t really say

Seeing the world made me think of you a bit

How I’d rather be with you, than tangled up in it

Wrapped up in the unending seasons

Struggling to find just one of life’s reasons

Their faces meant nothing and are easily replaced

I was haunted until your touch erased

I wander in cold but warm up to your flame

Ever thankful that you remain the same

I Was Young And Dumb

I was young and dumb

When she said, “Don’t fall in love.”

Just ecstatically numb

When I was in infatuation

I can laugh about it now

Looking back I didn’t know how

How to calm my beating heart

How to be romantically smart

But I never blamed her for shaking my soul

I merely questioned God about His goal

I thought He was having a good laugh

A cruel joke at my expense

And the fact that I couldn’t understand

Made the pain more intense

But I was young and dumb

And never was in love

Too lonely to say “Enough”

Too afraid to toughen up

I didn’t want her to leave

At the cost of my own sleep

I didn’t want her to go too

Though I think I always knew

That we weren’t supposed to be two

But with what I learned, I grew

No more blaming God or nature

Just because I was unsure

No more blaming circumstance

When I was lucky to have a chance

No more damning the idea of romance

Because I couldn’t dance

But I was young and dumb

And didn’t want to believe

That what works for some of them

Might not work for me

I grew sick of only seeing

Watching. Begging God. I was pleading

Wondering when would be the day

That I might get to say

That she was mine not someone else’s

That I’m the only one that she’s with

It eats you up on the inside

And starts to play tricks on your mind

The longing starts to consume you

And you’re no longer surprised

That you don’t know what the hell to do

But I’m young and dumb

And might have learned from this one

But I guarantee this shit is far from over

I guarantee you it’s far from done

With a glance across the horizon

I find myself with tunnel vision

I wake up with a heavy heart

But shrug it off with precision

Because I’m under the impression

That I’m not the only one waiting

She looks for me as I look for her

Meaning there’s not point hesitating

And I’ll find her one-day

And be taken by storm

We’ll ride together on tidal waves

The fiercest love, in purest form

Proofing the Truth

Be they poems or rhymes

Or otherwise mind games

They come across best

When they’re not the same

Because it’s all been said before

And that’s been said before

And the more you hear the same

The more you start to ignore

The best of the best

Don’t speak the language like the rest

They find if from their deepest depths

So that it doesn’t end up

With everyone else’s mess

So I could write about how

I’m abnormally tall

Because it’s new to some of you

And would attract you all

Or I could write about how

I’m seemingly depressed

But how I try to make it the best

I smile, once in a while

Try not to fit in like the rest

I could write about how I’m searching

For my Miss “plain and tall”

The girl who’ll stop the world

The girl who’d stop it all

All the pains and loves strains,

All the deranged demands

Of this lonely man

I could write about how I’m itching to please

Each and every one of these

People who can’t realize

It’s all just scrapped knees

And still knowing my problems

They continue to tease. Sweet G’s!

Would be nice in my life

So I guess I could write

About my money strife

But who the hell cares

Where my money goes

When everyone knows

That gold only glitters

Then it simply begins to litter

Turns the inside out

And makes sweet people bitter

So it might be a while

Before I give you anything good

But I’m proofing for the truth

And isn’t that how it should be?

Creativity for you

Inspired by what you all give to me.