You

Longest Night

I know you are out there I know you are mine This distance between us Is killing me

I have prodigal arms Holding on to all the wrong things When the emptiness Has always been in the shape of you Come on home To ease the ache My arms have When you arent in them

I could watch Him get excited About the little things For a lifetime And not mourn A single second

There is a little light that will never get to shine They told me this morning I dont known if the world was not ready for you Or if you werent ready for the world I just hope that when you get to where souls go, you know that you were loved immesurab...

Versus In Apartheid Petrol bombs were used As punctuation marks For the sounds of the bulldozer engine And the wails of women over their DEAD

I fell in love with a boy With long golden hair And ocean eyes A boy with a slow shy smile That could topple monarchies His silent contenment Sang lullabyes to the riots in my mind His joy radiating through the holes ripped by life

I am tired of being a bag of bones Cast inside skin No one can look past

Yes Dear

If I could be me

Chased Love is the butterfly I chased since I was a little girl Love is the butterfly I tried to catch With a net Or a bottle Or a bare hand Love is the butterfly I caught By bruising its wings.

Away