Stars Are Yummy

Sunlight filtered through your white wings,
Haloed above your head,
Metamorphosised into a new expression
Of your inner beauty.
Live moths flew into you, I swear.

We were flying -
How cliche is that? -
But you could not touch the stars anymore
And bring them down for me to eat
With my breakfast of cheap energy bars.

An eyelash daubed your cheek with fallow gold;
I didn't notice I had picked it off
Until I found it on my lips
An hour later,
Just before lunch.

I want to take your heart and put it up
Into the sky, where eventually
It would transform into
A constellation of loving-kindness,
Which astronomers would forever wonder at.

Lift your eyes, lift your spirits,
I'll take care of it
... at least try.
I cried out in pain,
You're too much to take sometimes.

I Love You?

Do you look at yourself in the mirror
And wonder if I'm there?
Do you look at yourself as my world revolves around you,
Maybe care?

I can't tell you what to do,
I can't tell you who to love,
All I can do is pray
To a godless sky above.

I could ask you if you mean it,
But that would go nowhere,
I'm afraid but I can't show it,
I just want to know you're there.

I want you and I need you,
Because there's nothing else to me,
I'm alone and I can't help it,
I need you to be free.. for me.

I should know by now, but I don't.
I should be invincible,
Able to stand the worst, but I'm not.
I still need you.
I guess we all have our weaknesses.. and strengths to mourn.

Are you telling me the truth?
I can't see it in your eyes,
I'm not perceptive like that.
All I can say is if this is a lie,
Let it go on forever.
My heart will shatter.. for you.

Are you telling me this
Because you don't want me to cry?
I will cry eventually, you know.

Are you telling me this
Because you don't want me to die?
Nothing can forestall death,
And love doesn't make you fearless at all.

I just want the truth,
I don't want the truth,
Give me nothing, and everything,
But the truth.

I can't stand to be afraid for much longer;
My heart knows
It loves you.