22.06

the pain (the danger?) of falling in love

with an artist

is hearing your own words sung back at you

over the radio

seeing your torn-up hearts strewn across a page

for the masses to consume

too honest

and yet not honest enough

your story ribbon-twisted up like

the words you could never get out

and yet it flows so elegantly

your most private moments

your insides

torn up and laid out

a banquet of the self

for the masses to consume

am i a feast? (are you?)

is my pain satisfactory? (is yours?)

am i the fuel for your fire? (are you?)

am i enough for the thousands? (are you?)

the cruelty of your words cuts just like your teeth did

ripping me open and spilling me out

and yet i'm the tinder

the petrol on dry grass

torn open

am i palatable? (are you?)

Bottle caps and ring-pulls cashed in

Warm air on my skinĀ 

Past regrets

Am i enough? (are you?)

Are the words i write as bad as those people read about meĀ 

In the pages of your books? (are they?)

(I hear (i read) those words again and wonder if this was the point of it all.

Is the reopening of our old wounds enough?)


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