Secret Thoughts Within
Distracted By Memories
Baby, I’ve got a problem I’m distracted by memories of you – placing kisses on my skin your hands brushing away my hair I can’t focus and I’m at work – but my body is pulsing, remembering your touch these interruptions are too tempting not to indulge I’ve got to sneak away find a moment alone and see what I can do to…
Sentimental (with audio)
I loved her once – her lips soft as cappuccino froth laughter like a bell chime calling me to church She kissed me once – pressed her chest against mine sighed into my mouth until her mother called her home I cried over her once – she wed the man who lived next door while my mother patted my hand and…
Shades of Sadness (with audio)
These shades of sadness won’t last all year they’ll shift and change with the atmosphere Keep moving forward while you feel downcast tomorrow may reveal a different forecast The haze closing in may seem severe but history has taught: the sun will reappear Don’t be shackled by darkness, push past grit your teeth and remain steadfast The shades you…
The Faucet Has Run Dry (with audio)
The light has burnt out the faucet has run dry Deflated we talk chalking up a tally of our failures I didn’t do this You forgot that I didn’t acknowledge your wins You forgot to love me It appears resentment is stored in the same compartment as affection and the heart becomes hardened in the face of constant rejection Aching, we let…
Beyond Expectation
This this momentI might have dreamt about it and I can’t believe it’s happeningas your hand runs down my arm You whisper a husky ‘Finally’in my ear The moment is finally here and our clothes fall like rain on the floor I’ve been thinking of youof us for monthsI’ve been imagining your tremor-inducing touch Your kiss on my neck, hand on…
Losing Faith (with audio)
I’m losing faith in humanity… A man has an affair while his wife goes through menopausefucking a woman twenty years younger thinking he’s a hero for staying married A ‘Christian’ spews hate from their mouth condemning anyone who lives differently while loudly proclaiming God is love A woman sits with her friends gossiping about another poison filling the air while she…
Connected
He likes to look me in the eyes when he goes down on mebecause he says he want toconnect with my soul It makes me uncomfortable I’m not even connected with myselfso how can it let someone else in?
Other Lives
I dream I drift away from here into undiscovered worlds and people I’ve never seen I ache, I smile I travel new roads to careers I’ve never hadand lovers I’ve never imagined I open, I grow without moving an inch the letters on the page a doorway to other lives
Crafty
We have a vision, you and I of living free shaping the world we want crafting it with our minds You’re a master creator with quirks and peculiar perspectives I’m a clever collector of memoriesand trinkets of experience We’re riotous in our encouragement ‘do it,’ I purr ‘try it,’ you whisper push a little more into who you arereject the status quo We have a…
Salt Lines (collab)
By Cassa Bassa and Bree Leto The train tracks line the destination to a constrained world where girls in the workplace forever speak of Prince Charming On the platform, the cross of reality and illusion she sits in the cold with The Price of Salt on her lapHer curls fall casually teasing her cherry lipsMy world explodes like the stars in the…
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