Anachronism.

My smile crumbles into ash

My bright words are no more than the blackest ink

Be a constant presence from the past

Be more for me than, yes, a reflection

I will crawl under the weight of the dawn

And stretch my limbs to reach for you

I hardly dare to hope you will not fade

And leave my windows shaded black and white

Marching Bands.

Sorrow drips into your heart

Through a pinhole

Just like a faucet that leaks

And there is comfort in the sound

But while you debate half empty

Or half full

It slowly rises

Your love is gonna drown

- From "Marching Bands of Manhattan" by Death Cab for Cutie

Endurance.

She glues a letter to her heart

And prays,

I don't need you to keep up.

I need you to keep running.

Soaked.

This thunder is so pointless

I know the storms remain

No need to remind me

With your constant wind and rain

The lightning isn't shocking

It barely lights my room

Not enough to make stars glow

When clouds cover the moon

Just let me sleep this one time

I promise I'll pull through

Please know these empty echoes

Are anything but new

Laughing.

Funny all the bruises I remember

While the broken bones just go and slip my mind

Funny all these scars that I can name

My skin is torn apart, I don't know why

Compass.

From whence comes the light?
It seems to emanate from the very horizon
Radiating from the streets themselves
Pressing against the weight of clouds
And turning the sky to gold

Hold this in, love
Remember it on dark and weathered days
When the heavens crack and rain crashes down
We are lights on the water
Our souls are lights on the water

Planetarium.

Wish the sky here was just as clear

Wish I could see past the glare on the windows

Words unfolding in my stratosphere 

White knuckles numbly longing for tomorrow

Hemispheres.

Sometimes I sit at blank pages and stare
Time stares back as it walks by
Splinters in my hands
A weary, worn shoulder
And a drumbeat in my bones

Timing.

The wind breaks in your hair
And all around us is falling
A song for one tonight
Blurry eyes close while calling

Believer.

Your words are still in my head

Could you see in my eyes what it meant?

Call it a list of things said

A sheet of paper and my heart's bleeding red

I can see you far away

The roads carry you along day after day

Think of a tireless bride who waits

Think of the people and think about grace

I can see you in the dreams we make

Hold onto us, we're starting to change

Singing.

I need you to hear

Past the ringing in our ears

A song that resounds

Past the memory and the lights

The fear inside, the hills we've climbed

The tears this side of heaven

All these dreams inside of me

I swear we're gonna get there

Arrival.

The first night comes quietly

We reach into the clouds

And mark the beginning of summer

The winds on my street

Whisper among themselves

I smile with weary eyes

I am thinking of everything at once

Israel.

Dust clings to my fingers
As they traverse the keys
The gray falls not into my hair, but my eyes
Still I'm listening, waiting for you

"The background noise makes your voice hard to hear."
I build a rain catcher
And contemplate the melody of storm water as it falls

Free
Shake the dust
I'm buried deep in me
Help me find a dream
Somewhere out in the petrichor

Hey, don't you let go now.
She reaches past the waterfall
To fasten my aching fingers to the rope
Just hold on and I swear
You'll feel it,
Feel yourself lifted

Eyes.

You're dwindling, love

And don't you think he cares?

Drawn to a soul on fire

Look out the window, he hovers in watch

He has waited for you

Shards.

There is salt in the wounds on my hands

And I am a breathtaking supernova

Too distant to see from this earth.

Climbing.

This telescope is too heavy

So I just keep peering down

Her eyes are tired

But an empty bookshelf

Leaves her lying awake at night

The wind is going nowhere fast

As it slams against her window

She starts to get sick from spinning

Knees on the carpet

"That's not who I am."

Only you can know

It's hard to keep climbing

For what waits at the summit?