Hazy Days

I used to see you
Under the sun
Every speck of you was vivid
I can't remember now seeing

Your face without a cloud overhead

Penury

Writing you was a mistake
It has given me such heavy emptiness
I have never been bothered more
By such persistent vacancy

With your wealth of words you set aside none for me

Tune In

This is all new to me
The others didn't listen
Didn't care to know me like you
To know all of me in and out

Just one day you could only hear the worst of me

Dreamweaver

After each booming cry
You sat down spool in hand
Weaved together a new blanket
To warm me through cold nights

But by day I shed her for my lost nakedness

Obsessed

My favourite song was your laugh
Favourite movie was the day we met
Book was your autobiography
Poem was our first time

Colour was your eyes

Broken Records

I don't want
To deny you pleasure
But I'm more concerned
With providing you happiness

So let's not dance to the old tune again

White

You don't owe me
An apology
You owe me sympathy
As I would owe an invalid

While I carefully avoid his wheels of progress

The Choice

I'm not lonely
Not anymore
Not because you've
Chosen to be with me, rather

Because I've finally chosen to be chosen

Our Body

I smell you
As I have smelt
Past lovers in my own flesh
Difference being, this time

I like the new scent I've taken on

High Dive

It's a scary plunge
Into that deep sea
Allowing myself to be
Submerged in you but

Drowning in you is better than air

Dope Boy

Regulated substance
Naked, useless and on the ground
Perpetually poor with dwindling offspring
Yes, its side effects are well within regulation

Only you won't stand up and play against the rules

On My Back

I want to remain
Sturdy and sterile for you
A working space for the
Delicate and meticulous surgery

Of the heart I know you've been meaning to perform