Sliding Doors

If she had knocked
I'd have opened
If she barged I'd break her fall
If she whispers through I'll have her say no more

Those lips need not explain

Outlook

Hey, beautiful day
Thank you for that
I don't think I could've taken
The melancholy of rain today

Today I needed a clear outlook

Here

There's no feeling together
In falling apart
No getting to where I want to be
Without walking away from

This life without you

Masterpiece

I don't want to meet someone
New
I want what we had
With less of what went wrong

Why repaint a masterpiece

Du Jour

Don't exploit the movement
You ask the cute ones to be man enough
Ask the ugly ones to respect
Boundaries you made up just for them

And ask me to guess what's on today's menu

About Last Night

You still don't get it
I was giving you permission
To save me
By showing you all the parts of me

That could use some saving

Replay

Remember those sacred moments
I can't get enough of them
Imagining them on repeat
My favourite movie

I'm okay to replay this kind of happy

Sounds Like a Choice

Nothing I would want to do is
Allowed
My heart is in prison
Sentenced for as long as

I choose to still love you

Glass

Sometimes I see the world
With God in it
Other times without
I'm not sure which is more clear

Glasses on or glasses off

Choked Up

I think you actually don't
Understand the cost of ignoring
Or justifying, or even blaming me for
Your injustices against me

I'm dying in silence by your hands

Slip

This morning I forgot my belt
Having been confronted with a sadness
That wouldn't leave until work's parking lot
One poison for another I suppose

Today's goal is not allowing myself to slip

Dating

It's four questions really
Nestled into one
What do you want
Emphasize each word individually

Behold, how different his responses