Tea

I was scalding water
Turned to tea
Only by the time spent
With you inside me

Whether or not someone else now drinks

Public

She doesn't know me
I've shown her only covers
A made bed and tidy room
The common lie we make of bedrooms

Homes lost to the public domain

Strength

I've locked my strength
Behind your doors
I've tried so hard to open you
Only to see you've starved it of light

I guess we only ever cultivate strength outside

Pay

Money
Doesn't buy happiness
It finances it
Happiness is yours

The day you pay it back

Right

You deserve a happiness I can't offer
I mean I can't offer you
Maybe we'll say it was bad timing
I just want you to know I kept this going

Really hoping one day I would be right for you

Peace

We both deserve peace
After our storm
You first
I can take this a little longer and anyway

Part of my peace is knowing you have yours

Forward

All I see is you
I actually don't even know how to
Envision a life without you
It's hard to look forward

To something lost in the past

Inauthentic

You're looking for a
Safe place
I've always been rocky roads
I come across inauthentic but that's

Just me trying to be what you need

Fantasy

Sometimes I let myself
Remember I'm in love with you
Mostly though I can't handle the rejection
So the other times I Iet myself remember

Fantasies are supposed to be better than life

Rest

He's gonna be really happy
When I move on
That thought kills me
His heart will rest

Knowing I'm finally gone for good

Addiction

Will this go on for the rest of my life
I can't keep thinking about you
Every single day
You've become my deepest addiction

Though I'll never have you again

Borrowed

It's been too long for me
To hold you responsible for today
Nonetheless
You are the cause of my dark hours

Absent of the flame I once borrowed

Unspoken

I want to save you from him
From the years wasted
Trying to find me, buried beneath
His off target touches and your

Unspoken answers to what went wrong

Black Canadian

I have no allegiance
Neither loyalty nor obedience
To your flag, your blood thirsty anthem
Your oppressive military or culture

I am tired and need no permission to kneel

Companion

I have to mention this
I really admire the way you
Live your truth
It used to make me feel you were lonely

Now I see it's your favourite companion

Gift

How could I resent you
Who resents a sunset
After the darkest storm
However brief your stay

This quiet calm night was your gift

Do You Like It

This is not your best hairstyle
I love every style on you
You pull off every look
So your next one will be even better

For now though, yes it's a winner

Plot

I have to hand it to you
You've learned my body
Now I am chartered territory
Please don't ever tell me

You've plotted my final boundary

Trust

If she wanted you
You would be hers already
For me there's no unknowing that
I don't have to trust you

At the cost of losing trust in myself

Enter

Last night he entered me
Like a guilty suspect
It's been too many times
For that sort of caution

I know when he's asking for permission

Rest

I am indeed greater than you
I am your lily pad
Your rose petal
I've taken this larger form for you

To take rest not cover

Granted

All that was familiar
Has become strange
What a terrible blessing
To be granted a new life

Before even asking

Small

There are no small fights
Falling from the feeling that I am
The smartest, prettiest girl you know
To whoever I am when we argue

Is as deep a hole as I've faced

Spare

I've never looked at you
Without wanting to marry you
I don't know how to not yearn for you
I'm already powerless

Spare a kind man his fantasy

Sans La Seine

I could live my best life with
Maybe three quarters of your heart
But would stil dive, head first
Into the deepest canal

To find that missing quarter

Signs

I mean you're right
There were certainly signs
Every indication we should stop
But can you really blame us

For trying to beat that red

Lifted

There just ain't enough
Treadmills, friends or hobbies
To make me forget the way
He lifted me from the earth

Just to remind me I wasn't stuck here

Cold War

Those deadly pauses
Leaving me on read in person
The anguish of feeling like
Your next words will decide us

I just can't stomach these cold wars

Day We Met

If you asked me honestly
Whether I'd rather live
Fifty years like yesterday
Or fifty more days like today

Well, sorry to leave you so soon

Swirl

Strawberry swirls
And rocket popsicles
Our favourite flavours
Have always involved mixing

I don't mind us not being traditional

Dream

I've slept a lot better
Knowing there was no need
To hold on to my imagination
When opening my eyes to you

Was my favourite dream of the night

Bottle

Meet for drinks
To be honest I didn't think
Anything could be born from those words
But you could shoot my favourite movie

From the bottles between us

Ocean

If time and space are meshed
Maybe asking when we'll meet again
Is as confused as asking
What time is the ocean

What matters is we travel each other safely

Prince

My favourite painters
Probably all of my favourite artists
Had a certain knack for
Mixing the blues and the flaming reds

Into something new, unique, royal, purple

In The Dark

What would we have become
Without opinions
Remember how bright we were in the dark
How far we thought we'd go

When we weren't chasing horizons

Lost Faith

His arms were my monastery
I only noticed when he was gone
Like it or not my vagina was his alter
He never missed communion

I only noticed when he was gone

Watch

So many times I've
Patted my back for giving rich soil
To flowers already primed to bloom
But what a joy to sew a seed and watch

Her blossom under her own light

Convinced

You wouldn't know it
From how I searched your body and soul
With such urgency
But I never wanted to reach the end of you

I was convinced you'd show me it all