Poems

Concrete HeartsYour heart’s like concrete, cold and grayI’m trying to break through, but you push me awayThis city’s made us hard as stoneIn this world of steel, we’re both alone We built these walls, brick by brickThe love we had now makes me sickWe’re trapped inside this urban mazeNo light, no hope, just endless days […]

Complicated BeautifulThe complicated want has its own beautyNot despite the complications, the dutyOf honesty that the complicated want requiresIs a beauty of its own, the firesOf the complicated desire are their ownMost honest light, the complicated’s grown Complicated beautiful, the truth of the mixedComplicated beautiful, the world unfixedAnd honest, the complicated want is realComplicated beautiful

Compliments Like ArsenicYou wear that dress better than she ever could have I’ll be here watching, clapping, choking on my envy

CollateralThe briefing called it collateral and wrote it in the log, the word that makes the killing easier to see.

City of LiesThe city’s alive with painted liesWe’re chasing dreams under darkened skiesPromises broken with every breathIn this city, love leads to death I see your face, but I don’t know youWe’re tangled up in what’s untrueThis city’s poisoned what we hadNow all I feel is something sad City of lies, we can’t escapeWe’re drowning

City of MasksThis city’s full of faces that we wearA mask for every doubt, for every fearWe stand in shadows, hoping they don’t seeThe way we break, the way we long to be The streets are cold, the nights are full of doubtAnd every whisper calls my name out loudI wonder if they know the

City of Empty EyesThe city pulls me in, but leaves me dryIts streets are paved with dreams I’ve left behindI walk among the crowds, but wonder whyI feel so lost, so numb, so undefined The lights are bright, but I can’t feel their glowThe noise around me drowns the voice insideI try to keep up

City of DreamsSteel and glass giants pierce the skyA concrete jungle where dreams never dieIn the chaos, a symphony of soulsCorroded hearts find strength to take control Streetlights paint the pavement goldWhispers of desire, stories yet untoldEvery corner holds a hidden sparkIgniting ambitions in the dark City of dreams, where hope takes flightWe chase the

Chains that FitShe paints her pain in shade and glossKisses you sweet, then makes you the lossShe breaks your heart just to help you sleepYou see her face in every flame You call it love, but it’s a leashWrapped in lace and stained with griefThey’re chains that fit, and you wear ’em proudYou’d scream for

Broken HaloShe stands in the ruins, her wings torn apartOnce a heavenly vision, now a broken heartThe world turned its back, left her to fallA halo shattered, can’t hear the call Broken halo, lost in the darkOnce she was pure, now she bears the markHer soul’s in the fire, no way to escapeBroken halo, too