Steal Your Words

I massacred the afternoon

To the sound of rain drumming against parked cars.

I drenched myself in desperate colors for you.

I was dripping for your sympathy.

I wear this weakness on my sleeve.

I'd like to put you on. I'd like to wear you out.

Solitary day. Forgive me for the blood you shed.

City of night-Hear my footsteps.

They echo through these empty streets.

I've been haunting this apartment at night.

Closed lips, abandoned ships,

straightened with paper clips.

And I get nauseous when the light isn't right.

I listen faithfully when they illuminate for me.

I wear your greatness on my spine.

I'd like to steal your words. I'd like to give you mine.

Solitary day. Forgive me for the war I waged.

City of night-Hear my heartbeat.

It echoes through these flooding streets.

We can save ourselves from sinking.