the smell of liquor
on your breath and the words
that you hid at the
bottom of the bottle.
the way you only looked at me
with longing when
your eyes were glazed over.
a series of mistaken midnight black-outs
that just kept happening
because i still hadn’t learned
the second or third time
around.
i don’t know your face anymore,
it’s just a place i’m looking for.
some chemical’s breaking down the glue
that’s been binding me to you.
i thought love watched over this house,
but you’re boarding up the windows now,
and an empty house is not a home.watch it all dissolve around you,
burning little holes in love.
drag your heart up to the starting line–
each heart a paper kite blown by the breeze,
love won’t rest till it brings you to your knees.but the wind wouldn’t blow me home–
i’ve missed my turn, strayed too far
from the road.
i lost my heart, i buried it
too deep.
Silenticel 