Siren Song

Like a siren song

Whispered on the wind

You’ve been calling out to me

So I’ll let you draw me out

Let you clear away the rubble

Tend the scrapes and scratches 

Wipe the dust from my eyes

Ease the pain of years

Spent in this cramped confinement 

Of the prison I’ve called safety

The kiln fired cast I’ve worn forever

Protection from the world or myself I can’t be sure

Eminor

The flash of an ember

Briefly lighting your face

Seen from the darkness a block away

drawing me in

I can almost imagine

The scent of smoke on your skin

Mixed with bourbon and vanilla 

That I can’t help but drink in

Telephone

Somehow we got our wires crossed
And what I said got lost in what you thought you heard
Because sometimes it’s not anything deeper
Sometimes it’s just the honest answer
Even when it’s not what you wanted
When you’re digging for meaning where it doesn’t exist
Because I said all

But I didn’t say now

Should Statements

I should sleep anyway

It’s safer beneath the uneven stitches of this quilt

Sewn by loving hands before you stole my breath

5.23

I'm white knuckled on the wheel

But there’s an addiction
To this loss of control

That I hate and can’t get enough of
That I wish I could keep at bay

But your pull is unavoidable
A riptide fastened to my soul

Sewn so deeply in my bones
I don’t know where it starts and I end

It’s safer to stay away
But I’ll let you pull me under

To feel that burning in my lungs
And the sweet relief of letting go