oh, the way they lie
through glass lenses
for dollar signs 
it isn’t true love
unless you apologize 


show me something real
where the love hurts like i do
i don’t want fake tears


i want passion that burns 
lovers to the ground
and dwindles down 


and they emerge like phoenixes
from the dust.

the movies lie // a.s.m 

read my words
and you will 
dissolve under my skin, 
you will be the spirit behind
these scleras. 
you will hear the earth crying
into the arms of the universe. 
you will smell 
destruction. 
read my words and you will
understand
me.

know my words, and you will know me // a.s.m