AskNopf

What would you do If I fell in love with you? Would you be uncomfortable, or would you just let it roll right over your shoulders even if it's heavier than boulders? Would you let it slip right into your heart, or would it distract you, until you fell apart? What if I can't stop myself As the butterflies breed until they fly out of me? I can't just tear my heart out, or place it on a shelf. What if there's just no way for me to see, or plan what this is all about? What would you do? Would you see it through, or might you run away in fear? You shouldn't be afraid of my love, dear because, you see, as a matter of honest fact I'm too used t

Those beautiful eyes now lie dead beneath the soil they're buried in lies as we remain above and toil

dew drops are glistening early morning sunshine as nobody bothers listening sobs that are subtly divine screaming with remorse echoes across the yard get off your high horse how can it be that hard come back, and please, see even though you are so blind she sits there, beyond lonely wishing the past would unwind

dreams, little pieces of imagination, float out of the window at 2am thoughts of happier times are gone as well fear, palpable as the beat of a drum, stuffed into a drawer at 3am thoughts that brought the insomnia back along with it tears, each one its own ocean, pushed under the pillow at 4am thoughts that tear at the heart go under too hope, along with every idol, walked out the door at 5am thoughts that created smiles are somehow gone screams, representing everything wrong, ripped from the throat at 6am thoughts that actually make sense have left as well sighs, swirling in eddies of wind, heave with relief

When butterflies are really falling leaves When home is where no one listens When nobody ever truly grieves When all the darkness glistens When kitchen lights never shine right When trees are made of childish misery When sunshine becomes the real night This is when I am finally me