Tuesday, November 3, 2009

to kill a shadow

I will sit quietly in the darkness
until I see your shape
I will wait for you to drive away
you've got to slip up sometime
I will follow you home
with my speakers shouting the Misfits
Does your neck hair tell you
when I'm looking your way?
Do your eyes lie when you
look away?
Well, my intentions are clear
but there are too many
eyes and ears here
Meet me where the heavens are deaf
and the air smells like your hair
I have so many things to say
but my mouth only stammers
my hands will have to explain
Will you listen to them
or will you resist?
My eyes are ringed with insomnia
my speech is heavy in expletives
my breath comes in painful spurts
Can't you see
you're killing me
Can't you see
I have nowhere to run?
There's no way to kill a shadow
but I feel you trying anyway.

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