What are you supposed to be doing right now?
dear sickness,
you are not my friend.
and even if you were,
i would not invite you to stay
for three weeks at a time
every. other. day
in the middle of what is supposed to be
track season.
go away sickness.
i hate you.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
the surface project (63)
Do you believe there's good in everybody?
i don't want to talk to you about religion
because no matter what you say
you're right
i've got so much faith in the soul of mankind
that the grace of a god can get lost
in translation
don't lose sight of who you are, you know?
we're the last things we have to hold on to
by now
i don't want to talk to you about religion
because no matter what you say
you're right
i've got so much faith in the soul of mankind
that the grace of a god can get lost
in translation
don't lose sight of who you are, you know?
we're the last things we have to hold on to
by now
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
this paper's full of made-up soul
if i'm feeling for real
and i'm living it out
and i'm loving the way
that i'm living it out
who needs all the ways
that i'm living it out
on the paper
that's not even living?
and i'm living it out
and i'm loving the way
that i'm living it out
who needs all the ways
that i'm living it out
on the paper
that's not even living?
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
so desperately
i'd give my right arm
to pick up all the pieces
i'd give my right hand
to erase all the hurt
i'd give my own soul
to save yours
you know
but i can't hold your heart
with my best of intentions -
and the love flows in sobs
that could rip though my chest -
if i gave you my life
it's not even a good one -
and the weight of your world
crashes down on my shoulders.
to pick up all the pieces
i'd give my right hand
to erase all the hurt
i'd give my own soul
to save yours
you know
but i can't hold your heart
with my best of intentions -
and the love flows in sobs
that could rip though my chest -
if i gave you my life
it's not even a good one -
and the weight of your world
crashes down on my shoulders.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
the surface project (27)
Do people ever call you by your last name?
ap bio called me emma gay.
sometimes they called other things emma gay, too.
it was an adjective.
sometimes ben calls me emma gay.
it's almost a name - almost a nickname.
except i think he knows the adjective part.
nacho calls me gay and that's all.
it's a name and not the adjective. it's funny.
but it's not my name. it's not me.
emma gay is an identity.
but who am i?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kathryn nutting calls me emma
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .matthew calls me miss emma
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .connor calls me em
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . did you know that i love that?
ap bio called me emma gay.
sometimes they called other things emma gay, too.
it was an adjective.
sometimes ben calls me emma gay.
it's almost a name - almost a nickname.
except i think he knows the adjective part.
nacho calls me gay and that's all.
it's a name and not the adjective. it's funny.
but it's not my name. it's not me.
emma gay is an identity.
but who am i?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kathryn nutting calls me emma
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .matthew calls me miss emma
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .connor calls me em
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . did you know that i love that?
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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