my bleeding heart is bereft without you
I revolve on this axis and dream of clear skies
pure waters dragging me back to the mist of morning dew
wake me from deep slumber, these Folsom Prison Blues
tilted in the memory of my sarcophagus, quicksilver and tethered plumes
rise towards divine earth like sleeping bones, scars reminding us
quiet cinders glow with the light of magic blood
finding myself in his arms, my fingertips are numb to the touch
and I often wonder if I will ever feel this love again
wondering if the sun will ever call my name again, serpentine and raining
I break the rind and breathe in the scent of pine, the scent of him left behind
aching in these sheets, the last time I saw him I was like sand
digging myself from the roots of grief, dreaming of how we used to be
decaying like rotten fruit, compelled by my surviving thoughts
floating at our ending I pretend, a coin dropped in an endless ocean
tied to the ruined memory of losing him in love\'s fire
olive green footprints flurry into ribbons breaking at the seams
I tried to explain it, cut through useless truth like I\'m a buttery axe
slid into lucid dreams about you, violins soaring to the music of our love
burnished in a rusting city the horizon of this dream compels me with waves
hands full of hope, the colours of voices shifting and longing
I stare at pale faces and fiddle with my thumbs, smoke fills my lungs
breathless when I read your poems, I folded myself, into a forgotten kingdom
touching myself in a flood of pleasure, thinking about all the ways I could fuck you
my rhymes were never enough to get me through this heartbreak season
I feel the cold blunt edge of your wilted goodbye, torture without reason
how I never knew fickle wings could never carry me
I was an arrow aiming at you, drowning in your tides
your love rushes through my veins like the coldest night
at the foot of my bed birds sing and when I touch the floor
the ashes are restless and vague , they sing about us lonely boys
mysterious shadows, the pearl of bells chiming Semper
I keep my tears in a jar where the lotus unfurls, summer days like a dream
take me anywhere, take me anywhere, let us stay there
take me anywhere and let us stay there.