Came to a stop, a traffic light
And saw you shining, you million lights
Looked like a dream, you blew my mind
Couldn’t have missed you even if blind
Wrapped around branches, windows and doors
Bringing bliss and glee that passersby adore
Oh, Christmas lights, shining so bright
Light up my sky on cloudy nights.
I see you people-watching and I know you see me. But you prefer pretending that you don’t see me, so I respect your wish to not want me to see that you’ve seen me. My sight focuses somewhere else for distraction, but my gaze again seeks and finds your gaze. And I see you, and…
Faceless. Like time itself, endless. Walking away from trouble until again it finds me. Words evaporate in the air, talking is pointless. To be ignored once deserves no merit. To be ignored twice is a warning sign. Be ignored seven times and it’s time to retract, back up, analyze. Just what are you doing standing…
You know all that curiosity baggage that comes with the questions people make about why you don’t like something? And sometimes you don’t even quite remember how it all came to be, but their questioning brings the whole history to consciousness and, ahh, you remember. I say I’ve never liked the cold. They look at…
Can’t you see, girl? I’m trying to get to you, Doing crazy things that only artists do. A shadow of your posts appears on my feed, my keyboard gets all eager, girl, A tweet I must set free. I try to play it cool, pretend your face don’t matter, Date one here and there, But…
Sit down and write even when you have nothing to whine about, they say. But it’s hard. Especially, after some time apart from your vibe, that which makes your talent shine; that which tells you how bomb you are; that which motivates and inspires you to be the brightest star, someone’s best advice. It can…
To feel your flame fanning my feet. It’s these little moments for which I live. As long as I can do this, it is not so bad that the pages of my calendar have turned to October and the marble floors are a frozen sea. As long as I can do this, let that inevitable…
