you attack me,
as you attack the world
glib phrases
and paraphrased sayings –
tumble from your mouth

your, ‘perfect life’
with its neatly defined roles
no expectations
and those constant goals

how come –
you never actually say –
you love him
where is your heartfelt feelings

i could not sleep
on sunday night
i had a dream of you
and the dream held me tight

as the life i one knew
falls away
another one grows
and in the breeze,
it starts to sway

no one knows how i feel right now
i recline in the arms,
of those that love me
with their lamplight lives

those doors remain open
for those that know
for those that hold on

time spent with friends
time to think
time to reminisce
when we were on the brink