Ensemble

De rigueur of attitude
And life lived is like preservation
Is there only so much time
A limited amount of space
Where there is nothing left
To share it has been spent
Every last drop expended
Only the end left and
A memory of the way we
Laughed and played
Together in the echoes
Of a burning heart
With our feet hanging over
The back porch and our
Eyes captivated by the
World around us
Of course the smiles in us
Is there nothing leftover
Or are we the ones
Who will keep it going
Even when their is
Nothing but an empty room
And the recollections
To haunt us or blanket us
In our dreams forever
How long should a
Friendship last?

© GÄ

Aerate

It doesn’t matter when people lie
If it’s their truth

What you’re experiencing
Can’t be marked only
By chance

Lies are like games
Asking again and again
When you know I’m not okay

This time it can’t be
Marked by chance
This time it can’t be
Marked by destiny
It’s just probable
Repeated assault
Will destroy you

Wanting you
To appreciate me

Empty space
Blue echoes

I’m over your hands
All the tattoos
Storytelling
Truth or lies?
I’m over your mouth
All the promises spewed
Draw me down
Fill me up with self-doubt

Heart pump sound
One eye closed

I need some oceanography
Empty gin bottle
Train tracks nearby
Hurt feelings again

The underscore
He says we can start living?
Delicate threads
Our own realities

Who will we be then?
Even if we choose to be
Alone together

© GÄ

Deux

Do the voices inside
Eat away at you when you
Think of me like the leaves change
Do your feelings rearrange
Do you remember the first kiss
A kind of arousal in the sheets
Like the texture of the bed
Was somehow different without me in it
Did we milk it for all it was worth?
Trapped in the traffic of my mind
The chthonian spirits shake
My base root living daydreams in red
What a vision to be held
Cleaning out the shed
Playing house build the fort
To sleep in panels made out of fabric
We ask for light we want to
Live out here all night
Building the house of our dreams
Making dinner on a cardboard box
Covered in terry cloth towels
Bound to fall apart in candlelight
A simpler time no doubt

© GÄ

Together

We’re better not together
I wore out love like
A sweater now the ties
Are severed no more
Binds no more fights
No more arguing
As you slam the door
Behind you it seems the
Only thing you’re good at
Is to fight for nothing
Because when I have
Asked for you to fight
For us the only time
The gloves are off is
When you want to win
For yourself not for us
And so we’re better
Not together and the
Birds they sing much
Sweeter and even the
Sky is so much bluer
Because the fog has
Finally lifted and
The heralding begins
As all the forest creatures
Sing and dance to
Celebrate our final end
Happy anniversary to
Goodbyes let’s celebrate
With our abilities to smile
The end has never been
So delicious to truly
Finish up and put a bow
Onto our personal
Beginnings there’s no
Regrets because we’re
Better off forever now that
Finally we’re truly not
Together

© GÄ

With Dream

Clearing my headspace
Tossing away the disdain
It’s beginning to feel
Like creating a place
Share one with another again
Where I can give of myself
Nothing left of bereft
Nor held back
What a world it could be
I want hope
I want feeling
I want destiny
With you I want
Nonsense without any jealously
No need for rescuing
Found finally in each other
A place
Without strings
Attachments to things
My feet are on fire
With dream

© GÄ

Break the Ice

Frozen like a block of ice
If only you could melt into my flow
Into my arms
That can show you how to grow
Out

Stuck still in your own way
Afraid
Afraid
Afraid

No fear
Open up
Share your heart a different way
Give into the necessary shift
I’ll be here in the bed
Down the hall
In every room of your head
If you let me in

I’ll shine a light
Down your darkest of paths
All the mind shafts
Give you something to
Hold onto

Which ever way
You choose to welcome me in
Through the backdoor
Or front

I want to get to know
The real you
Trust is hard
Trust is hard
Trust is hard

But we can do this
Nothing to fix
Just a momentary blip
As we slip into a new
Reality

Together

© GÄ