Give me whiskey, and jazz, and let me dream.

If You, Then I

You ask me why I need you, Why I’m asking you to stay, It’s because if you leave, What if I can’t keep you safe?

I'm Sorry

I wish you understood
That disappointing you hurts me,
But it's not nearly as bad
As the pain that would kill me,
To fall in and out of love with you again

Me

I am made of equal parts, wonder and fear,
Which makes for many uncertain adventures.

Dreamer

Who am I to dare to dream?
Who am I to dare to dream,
When life is so fragile

Strangled

I felt strangled,

Standing where you had once stood,

So many thoughts and questions.

How many times had your feet stepped there,

Tangling with the dirt underneath?

How many times 

Had you laughed there,

Cried there,

Kissed there?

As you studied underneath the art

You had brought back to life

And dreamed of what your future would be,

Did it look like this?

Did you clear your mind here,
Were you happy here?

How could I, I love you so much now

But not be able to know you then?

What was I listening to

As your laugh reached that open sky?

I want to reach that part of you that existed

Before you and me, collided,

Before I was strangled,

Trying to make you the best memories

Even though you weren't there,

And my heart was aching

Vulnerable

I opened myself just a little,
Hoping you’d find your way.
It was just like digging a hole
Out of the sand by the waters edge,
With the hope that the ocean
Would fill in the empty spaces,
Just like that,
I didn’t know how else to let you in.

Truth

The words we don't say, will bury us.