Before the Storm

“If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything”

might be why I fall for your glow

every time

I walk into a room,

hello,

sunshine,

the seasons are in bloom

but I’m terrified of what lurks deep below,

will you take my hope in the dead of night

and marry her to the moon?

—

I fall for this game

I fall for the crazy

I call for your name

make a crown of the daisies

that grew up like all’s well

no squall fell

and drowned down

desire

my sunshine,

will your arms prop me up

in the dark

of summer’s terror?

—

I stand for nothing in this sea

begging of you

“be the light,

bleed winter’s knees

spill the fuel

spark my heart enough to fight.”