16 posts from 2009

happy together
we could start over

(should i regret
not keeping secrets)

this should have come earlier
but I've always been a fan
of perfect timing

i wondered if at this age
i would be considered
retired
and if that made my scarlet letter
not burn so brightly

chicken wire
bruises, blood blisters
his pistolero fingers
when he's just thinking
dusty neon beer signs
the kind that hang from
forgotten cowboy bars
in towns no one knew existed
anymore

he's just maybe
another cowboy
to steal, shoot and run away
from, maybe
or a poor farm boy
who knows the right words
maybe, baby

it's the guessing game i mind
and sometimes
don't mind to play

If I'm going to hell,
I intend to know
I fucking deserve it

Ok,
You've talked me into it
stock the fridge with beer
and get this show on the road
it's all piss
but who are we to judge

never say
meant to be
to me again
because if that were true
well, it's in my blood
to live in boxcars
and yet here I am
with my 4 door sedan
but who am I to judge

let's sing it to just the red eyes in the back

I'll put the sticker on my case
to know you love me
spell Heart Beat as two words
because they are to me
more than just a thing
we're more than just a thing
and it takes everyday
to get me by

I know I can't make it perfect
but I will try
and I can't be afraid of me or you
or what lives beneath the floorboards
but I know it's ok to hide
after I've put it all away
it takes more than just a day
to get me by

have you shaved
since I left?

i liked having you
in the same time zone.
i know
it's just an hour,
but it helped make it feel
as if you weren't that far away.

the air settles down from a sigh to a whisper
gives me goosebumps
and makes it easy to think
of all the ways I could throw down my cards
of this life
and join your table.