A Game of Hearts

Come in

Sit down

Don’t leave

Roll up your sleeves

We’re going to play a game

Free of claim

Blunder and blame

We’ll have a blast

And some laughs

Share the lust and ease

While making our memories

A little affection

To alleviate the isolation

When it ends

We’ll remain friends

Now, here’s the fun part

So, listen up

The game continues on

For far too long

I’ll grow close to you

You’ll push away when I do

I’ll realize the way we are

Is exactly what I’m looking for

I’ll get lost in your eyes

Fixating on what you deny

I’ll speak openly

When your lips freeze

I’ll raise the stakes and strive

To make visible what you hide

Many talks of pulling the reigns

Giving into us time and time again

I will fall

While you stall

I will break

And make you quake

The sad part

I feel it in my heart

I see it in your eyes

Still you hide

The buzzing in my ears

They tell me your fears

They speak what you speak

But not to me

It was real and unrestricted

Variant and explicit

What a goddamn shame

It could have been great

You’ll never let it be

Never give into me

Forced to let it go

Can’t hold onto hope

Unclench my grip

And let you slip

I’m just so displaced

I try to replace your face

With his lips

And hers

With her hips

And his

Senseless kiss

After senseless kiss

It’s still your lips I miss

And so, you sit at the bottom

Of every last bottle

As I sip the last drip

Trying to forget

I need my fix

No saving grace

Lust to taste

Few words it takes

To shatter my strength

I can’t

I can’t be yours to break

Stay strong

Even if it’s wrong

Even if it feels fake

It will eventually dissipate

One Last Time

Take my hand one last time.
Look at me with old eyes.
Tell me everything will be okay.
Say you're not going to leave me this way.

Lay with me outside one last time.
Speak to me with no lies.
Tell me you have always cared.
Say you'll remember the times we've shared.

Make me smile one last time.
Remind me that with laughter, sorrow dies.
Tell me your comic role has just begun.
Say there are millions of laughs still to come.

Hold me in your arms one last time.
Promise me you will never say goodbye.
Tell me amity resides, though our love has died.
Say you'll stay by my side, without feeling obliged.

Comfort me one last time.
Wipe the tears from my cheek as I cry.
Tell me I have lost only a lover, not my best friend.
Say "one last time" is irrelevant since we are far from the end.

Take With You, These Words

The last second has struck on the clock.
You are ready for life's next stepping block.

Where do I begin now that summer's end is here?
What do I say to a friend I hold so dear?

….The journey you are about to embark upon, may seem overwhelming at times.
Nevertheless, be strong, continue on and you will be just fine.

Grow, make yourself, and have a blast.
Be afraid not to move on, but to forget your past.

Make new friends, but do not forget the ones from which you part.
Hold each and every memory, old and new, close to your heart.

Remember your family, all the fun times and talks shared with friends.
Know that leaving does not mean any of this must come to an end.

Take heed in everything and anything that you do.
Yet, do not be afraid to try something new.

Experience life and all it has to offer to its boundless extent.
And never let anyone have control over your mind-set.

You are loved and cherished by so many for all that you have grown to be.
So, always remember that and never let anyone tell you differently….

Take with you these words of comfort and advice.
Consider them, but know that only your decisions will suffice.

No matter what is to come, when you need someone, I swear to always be there.
And every time you read this, let it be a reminder of just how much I care.