preciouspengu

i've been missing pieces of the fragments and puzzle that i've misplaced in people and things that were never meant to be every cigarette is a reminder and sleep is no relief i wore my emotions on my sleeve now i drown in bitterness there's no peace in this feeling god bring me some reprieve i've given more than i should have and all that i am asking is for you to be clear with me there's no focus anymore with my eyes swollen with tears i've burned all of my bridges facing this battle with you now give it all back to me you owe at least that much to me i gave it all to you and even the shade of lipstick that you used to always wear brings b

my eyes are open-wide and i see everything now clear as day you fooled me once and love was lost behind that crooked smile lies a devil don't you tell me that i've got potential when i know you so well as to know you don't mean it encouragingly i don't believe a word you say these days as we walk hand-in-hand you still have a free-hand to stab me in the back

we are small drenched in this moment it washes over us like the tide with crests of bliss and cusps of laughter our lips are snapdragons accomplices to our words velvet and roseate they blossom after the afternoon somewhere between late evening and early night, when the sky droops, violet and weighted with sleep the windows offer us the ripe light of the swollen moon your orange lights, a rhapsody in amber beaming to bless our skin i notice shabby buildings beyond the glass signs half-fallen, electric letters in arrhythmia against our aligned heartbeats our combined synapses. your walls are alive with color and we are just contributing to