The Frame

We see the world through a frame
Pure and bright
Awash in faded hues of grey
Starry nights
Celebrated with oil and paint
Loved by bristle and sponge

We see the world through a frame
Told what to think
Told to feel everything
Blissful nothingness
Emptiness of the soul
Computed by the beliefs of others

We see the world through a frame
Governed by none
Loved by all
Sunlit skies
Celebrated with love and warmth
Envied by all

We see the world through a frame
Wooden panels protecting us
Keeping us from the knowledge
Fighting for peace
Hating for love
Killing for the freedom of our souls

We see the world through a frame
Pure and bright.

Eye-to-eye

It's such a shame;
We can never see eye-to-eye,
As, unfortunately,
You're taller than I am.

Worsening matters further,
I would appear,
That you have no idea whatsoever,
About what's going on.

You're expecting me to
Stay perfectly happy,
When everything around me has
Fallen to the ground.

Just help me with the pieces,
Those shards I can't reach.
It won't hurt you,
I promise.

It'll only hurt me,
Because that's my life,
Lying uselessly in your hands,
Taking up space.

Sorry to waste your time again,
I know you have other,
More important
People to talk to.

But for once,
Could you please,
Realise that I actually exist?
Thanks.

Wouldn't, Shouldn't.

lean down and touch me; i will show you
all the scars and scrapes,
the bruises and knobbly knees
from someone who isn't the one
you were looking for.

this is from the time my skin itched,
dancing across muscle
and bone, flying across skin as i
tried to cut it out and failed.

i told you once and you wavered,
harsh words imprinted on stupid
screens; telling me "it's okay, we
love you, remember that" and i knew
you were a liar.

you can't love someone who is
bigger and stupider than you will
ever be; even if you claimed to
once.

let's just put it simply; i want you
to just understand that this doesn't
go away like a bruise; fade like a scar
or pass like a cloud. it is real and scary
and scarring.

if you want to help; go ahead and listen
or fabricate a lie to say you couldn't shouldn't
wouldn't be able to make it.
i wouldn't blame you.

icarus and helios

together, my love, we could overtake
darkness, live life as it should always be,
and see our own dawn. but you shall wake,
alone, as I have fallen to the sea,

swirling in your love and light, caught up by
thoughts of you and your gleaming, golden hair
instead of waking with you, as I try
to stay forever, but i am not there,

forever lost in waves, drifting away
from you. we shall not speak again, my love
for now I am gone, with nothing to say,
save farewell. but know this; that i have loved

well, i loved my sky and heavens, and you
my sun, my love and my light, loved me too.