Santavez

We warbled whimsically, while walking, wistfully we wandered with whiskey-wet whispers whereupon we wondered: Were we where we wonted? Were we where we wanted?

A glass full of reflection A pocket full of change Muddy Waters drown sorrows; warmly sliding past the chill Eager is the hustler Willing is the fool Mingled like two angry lovers Broken glass and shattered you

Daedalus pushes Perdix, poised to be the better One becomes the partridge and Envy lives forever

Daffodils she said laying upon me - verse words of another across her lips as she speaks blindness all I see hitting truths upon missing reality petals plucked lessons in futility dancing in the wind nobody sees

I fought the tide I never got it right I died inside The last we spoke - that night I didn't know what to say Didn't know what to do I watched my fears I saw me losing you But I've always been lonely It's the only thing I know I was scared to stay So I chose to go And I've always been lonely It's the only thing I know I was scared to say What our feelings show I still remember your eyes; your smile I still remember how we slept - for a little while Now here I am On my knees Begging forgiveness - for my travesties But I've always been lonely It's the only thing I know I was scared to stay So I chose to go And I

"I only want you to love me"; she said, eyes and lips; cherry red He stared for a moment, walked out the door; stepped on her heart, strewn on the floor And there she lie, face to the wood; waxy eyes fixed, where he last stood "I only wanted you to love me"; she said Wiping the river from her chin; cherry red

I wish that I had told you that you're like a melody and you're the only song I hear deep inside of me I sing the words you longed to hear The words they never found from my lips unto your ear I wish that I had told you that you're like a melody Because even as I hum the tune you're just a memory