SlipLive

it soothes and it relieves
the way she's tugging at my sleeves
least that's the way it seems
though only in my dreams

'cuz in this waking place
i wear my'mperfections on my face
and try t'accept the vacancy.
'sides she's already taken, see?

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it's why i wake
it's why i sleep
to live another day
to take another leap

see its so easy to surrender
to believe that hearts do come on sleeves
better said, they come on guillotines

let it be real, it has to be true
persuaded my heart
it must be you
until I come to find- its my own mind

don’t you know its become my nature to walk away
sending love letters, dreaming forever
I change my mind, thinking you do too
how I long to let go
and maybe it’s just that I’m growing
when I finally do

we all know I’m not supposed to stay
but each time I start to go I
it’s 'cause I want to let my heart to grow
I know all too well it has so many more things to know

and as I look to you, so often
how does it make you feel?
have you become burdened by my beauty, paralyzed by your fear
for only through your words have you stayed so dear
trusting the wind to give them flight

I was a fool to come here
I’d be a fool to stick around
maybe I'm a fool for leaving
a trail of footprints in your sound

i've been up in the taking hours
reading my own poetry
recovering lost words from many moons past
and images of

discovering your response
which only now resonates with the beauty
that you poured into it
from one of the many waning moons