RavenOfBurden

Do I stop saving tea and coffee grounds for your compost? Do I stop planning on you joining me for every trip? Do I stop waiting for the next time we dance? Do I stop looking for restaurants for us to try? Do I stop planning new recipes for us to cook together? Do I stop waiting to see you again? Do I stop finding excuses to be in your city? Do I stop working towards a job that I can take with me where you go? Do I stop wondering how you’re doing? Do I stop worrying when you’re out on the road? Do I stop celebrating your triumphs? Do I stop trying to hold you when you’re in pain? Do I stop thinking of you when I see mac̵

I come home to beheaded bamboo The air polluted with uric acid It's a strange feeling Coming home to your own death scene Where all the tiny mistakes have gathered To form a sword for you to fall on I sit in doorways I don't want to be anywhere right now So I'll settle for being in nowhere in particular I thought I was carving our love from marble Along the way it turned to parchment Flammable and easy to tear I should have known I'd lost my halo in your eyes When your bittersweet tears began to burn my skin I can't change what's happened No matter how hard or long I wrestle with it But just maybe there's a way to reconnect these heart string

There are no tattoos because there isn't a symbol or set of words in the entirety of history that can represent what I am trying to convey. So I will express it over a lifetime, in every mistake, in every failure, in every lucky straw, in every triumph, I will show you what I mean. In every misspoken word, misunderstood gesture, in every well thought out verse and perfectly timed "I know, thank you, I love you, I'm here, you're welcome, hello and goodbye" I will show you what I mean. There is no jewelry or even time piece as no substance is worth a hole in my body that didn't come from someone overtaken by such passion as to rip into me wi

You're not picked because you can act the playboy well as the janitor You're not picked because you can put two bullets through a coin at 1000 yards You're not picked because you can speak six languages and read seven You're not picked because you can use anything at your disposal as a weapon You're not picked because you can seduce bureaucrats easily as women You're chosen because you're neither unstable or stable You're chosen because you're among the few that can be broken down and reprogrammed You're chosen because when you're gone no one will remember you You're chosen because you'll die for a country that has nothing for you to

Don't go there To that dark place Where many have fallen And so few risen Where the sun has never smiled And even the man on the moon hides his face You know it in your heart The grave mistake you propose A small price That costs everything Listen to your instincts To the chimes in your head That scream, let it be Even as you look to the sea And the offerings demand your attention You cannot trust your burning ears When the hairs on the back of your neck are standing So hear me Your conscience When I say Don't go there Stay where you belong With your feet beneath you And your head on your shoulders

I'm a random wind storm I'm the key against your side door I'm the puppy that ate your back seat I'm a wild deer I'm a filthy rich executive I'm a teenage girl I'm a satellite dish I'm your GPS I'm your lucky team flag I'm a hot babe out jogging I'm cold hard rain I'm your son I'm the fourth string quarterback I'm the world's greatest douglas-fir So get Allstate and be better protected from mayhem Like me