Your eyes carry pain

Under the disguise of art,

Lives a desire that can never truly be satisfied,

An ache that words cannot describe

Yet the longing is what keeps me alive

The eyes you show me

Carry stories of pain

I couldn't quite understand

But you reminded me of a planet

That's been forgotten

A mysterious existence

Like gravity itself

Graceful Facade

A secret hidden inside of a cracked door,

A troubling shadow looms over my shoulder

Left to figure out if what I feel is love

Or desire dressed up in a costume,

Meant to fool me again

I let the voices in my head

Downplay the violence

Because violence was the environment

I was pulled into without warning,

And true affection wasn't an option

It was easier to tremble under your touch

While swimming in a sea of tethered flames

Mistaking it for love

Your haven was a graceful facade

That slowly lured me

With an undertone of hope

That my past could be erased

But your hands circled my throat,

The world went black

And the building burned down

Your heart smiled

Your heart smiled and I felt it,

An intimate love letter

From the unspoken depths

Carving away the pain

As if that was your gift

The tears rise up to my throat

When I see the ocean of colors,

Sway to the music

I try to find a name for the feeling

A resonance

That makes the universe more beautiful

Than anything else

To the sensitive souls

My body tingles

As if I have millions of electric sockets

Being activated at once

To feel deeply is a gift

The Hallmark to who I came here to be

Without the loud spotlight

Or the hollow masks

That appear when I walk down the street

Every sensation is a language

Connected to the cosmos

It's a way to navigate the world

When numbness becomes too common

And the screams turn silent

Coherence is the heart

For the soul cannot lead

When the heart is ignored

And abandoned to starve in the dark

The body is the map,

Every breath a musical note

Not heard by the human ears

But it's a piece of the symphony

The universe loves to listen to

Eternally

I feel my heart rise to a crescendo

I feel my heart rise to a crescendo

A sound that matches

The echo of an angel's falsetto

Flowing like silk from its throat

You catch me as my breathing

Tries to return to normal

But my heart has not stopped

Responding to the song we make

When no barriers exist