Isabel

Your heart has bruised me

From head to toe

And I have longed for your lips to say my name

Because we were once something,

Something that neither of us understood

But we lived for the mystery

I lived for the mystery

Your lips said my name the other day

And I was surprised you remembered how it tasted

Because my lips have not forgotten your name

I say it in my sleep and it tastes like an old love

It lingers in my mouth every time I see you

And I bite my lips

The same ones i wish you’d kissed 

But you forgot my name

Brown and Green

There was something about you that I never understood

Maybe it was the color of your eyes

Because I thought I could tell the difference between 

Brown and green

Or maybe it was your intentions

When we’d talk till three in the morning

But ignore each other the next day

There was something about us that I never understood

Maybe that’s my fault for thinking there was ever an “us”

Or maybe you’re the one to blame

For being indecisive and crude

But I don’t blame you

How could I?

We were both playing games with each other

And I forgot the rules.

I sometimes wish I’d never met you

Because I’ve wasted my time and tears on miscommunication

And you were never real

Nor were the fantasies I made up

Because I mixed up brown and green

Whispers of the Breeze

The whispers of the breeze haunt me late at night

My window remains open for you

Though I know you will never come home.

The rules were broken before they were made

The house was burned down by a birthday candle

And I stood there watching my life die slowly

The whispers of the breeze haunt me late at night

And I hear you cursing my name

For I stood there watching as you died slowly

So you called to the monsters sending them to kill me on sight

But boys cry when they see a familiar face.

The whispers of the breeze haunt me at night

And I still feel your hands around my body

Hugging me

Squeezing me

Too tight for comfort.

The screams of the breeze haunt me late at night

I know I am the reason you are no longer around

But every now and then

My heart aches because no matter how bad you were

I still love you. 

Wedding Rust

Our love has been formed by rusting binds of metal

There is nothing more meaningless

Than putting a meaning on something so inconsistent

Our wedding rings signify the birth of an everlasting love

But only fools shy away from the fact that

You and i will rust just the same

Our bones will brittle and break

Our rings will melt when they meet hell’s fire

We are the same fools we were on our wedding day

But at least we were fools in love

Unrequited Love

When I was little

I wanted to get my heart broken by a boy

Because I wanted to know what it’d be like

To destroy myself for someone who no longer loved me

I thought that kind of heartbreak was the worst

For someone to stop loving for no reason at all

But then I met you

And you taught me that there was a worse kind of heartbreak

One from someone who never loved you at all

You taught me that unrequited love was a deadly weapon

One you pointed at me

I’ve spent the past year bandaging myself 

And watching as you love other girls 

Ignoring the blood that stains your hands.

When I was little

I wanted to get my heart broken by a boy

I just didn’t know it would hurt this much