You sit in silence, you hear the sound
Of doom now that it’s all around
And I swear I’m a first class citizen
So don’t pity them
Those who ask to see you cry
Because they know everyone die
And they’re trying to put off the date
But why let it lie in wait
I stood up in my two boots
And issued a challenge to my roots
And I grow into a tree
Stuck in the same spot, you see
And the vibration gives off waves
Are you the hero who always saves
Like Superman but in his Smallville years
Don’t think I didn’t see the tears
You cried in secret
I made a promise and I keep it
Every day, I said I won’t forget
And you challenge me but I haven’t yet
I was hiding in the bush
When I said there was no rush
And you were in the long grass
When you worked up the nerve to ask
Me out on a date
You call it logistics, I call it fate
Coz what was held between us both
That evening on the coast
Of the shore that we both know
I love him so I let it flow
It’s okay You’re safe with me I don’t need to know Your history Just stay in the space Where it is you and I The tornado spins But we’re safe in the eye Of the storm All around You can trust me To hold the sound Of a tuning fork What is that that you retort That I’m not really down But I pause just outside your town To see if you’re in there for real And I would like to steal Away into the night But I’ll settle for knowing you Alright?
Fuck it I’m shit cool Though I was A1 in school And everyone is so nice Life the kind of trip you can’t take twice Drinking on the street Like the day Darragh and I meet And I swear I love that guy I’d marry him if he thought to try To try it on one more time He kinda reflects the light sublime As he gazes in my eyes And there’s something that never dies Held between us both I’ll get the door if you get my coat And I’ll hold it open for you Don’t you know that I adore you As you so honestly inflect I am down for what’s coming next
The Poetry Book 