His was a heart she couldn’t hold
Though he grasped at her like a spider
Clinging, clinging
Hers was a heart he couldn’t hold
Always cutting himself on the broken shards
Bleeding, bleeding
Thiers was a love of timeless end
So much of romance and valentines
Lovers, lovers
His were the needs of a greedy child
Always a new need to satisfy
Wanting, wanting
Hers were the needs of a broken doll
Attempting to fix the unfixable
Broken, broken
Theirs was a love whose fight was relentless
Same drama, different day
Love meets pain, repeat

He wrings his hands
Against the deepening ghosts of midnight
Frustrated at the slumber that evades
And light that he knows creeps his way
She should be beside him
Safely crushed below his love and crumpled blankets
Not reduced to the ashes
In that box he cannot bring himself to hold
That which stole her from his arms
Was a beast she fought ferociously
But even her rage in light was not enough
To keep her from the embers of the fire
Sitting on the edge of their bed
Everywhere his gaze fixes
A reminder of the home they built together
Feasts of color that spoke to her
Now starve him without her there
To say that she is missed by him
Is to understate the depth of his misery
Surrounded now by the midnight that owns him
And her ghost that fails to haunt him
To have another night beside her
Will remain his heart’s desire

They would be surprised to know

How comfortable the restraints were

Tightened by the grip of lust

In a moment that seems to degrade but uplifts

The spirit of the broken

They would be unnerved to see

Lingering there in the pain

That ache that begs for more

Hard metal against soft skin

So unseen in that serene smile

They would be aghast to hear

Whimpers of delight in the strike

Sound that hangs in the moment

And lingers on the skin

Leaving a trace of itself behind

They would be shocked to learn

What lies beneath the surface

Of the quiet gentle expression

And sweet exterior

Of the one they thought they knew

Electric touch

Across naïve skin

Play the game

Ignore the sin

Dark vibrant gaze

From haunted eyes

That keep their focus

On their prize

The ache of want

Hangs on the air

Thick and urgent

Strips logic bare

The sweat and heat

Rise like a flame

The passion grows

With lust to blame

Lounging restless in her bed
Thoughts of him run through her head
A dark desire so full of sin
Hidden in her flirty grin
A wild child without a care
She longs to hold him with her stare
Bat an eye and bite a lip
She walks the edge and doesn’t slip
She hides behind the games they play
Loves the danger filled displays
He plays with fire courts her gaze
Lost within her smoky haze
She holds a longing in her kiss
Seeks to drown within the bliss
He knows she’s only words away
And lust is just the game they play

She is
Liquid over ice
slipping past me
whispering across my arm
she brushes
against me
soft flesh and sweet smile
too easy, too serene
melting my resolve
I am drawn to
stand in the sweat
of desire
blind to the confusion
that surrounds me
overtaken by
her sweet taste
and drowned
in the longing of my desire

His heart was a riddle
hidden behind playful eyes
pain below the surface
so leary – no surprise

She broke his heart so easy
tossed aside and second best
his eyes and dreams still follow her
they never seem to rest

At night the longing lingers
Each deepened breath proclaims
She is the only true love
His heart will ever claim

Though others try to solve him
bring him to the couples fold
his heart remains a mystery
His longing left untold

His ancient eyes and wicked grin

Makes others want to gaze within

His demons deep not hidden well

His broken smile a subtle tell

His pain is masked with playful charm

No woman safe – each one disarmed

They want to hold him feel his fire

Burn in the rage of his desire

The walls he built too tall to see

The truth behind his mystery

The empty vessels in his bed

Have empty hearts and empty heads

He wants true love that will sustain

To eclipse the darkness of his pain

Love through the kaleidoscope

Not as simple as it seems

Romantics just see the colours

Get wrapped up within the dream

Ever changing shapes transfix

The viewer in a glance

The twists and turns of love

Can make you dizzy from the dance

The road of love is rocky

It’s what the kaleidoscope can hide

Blind belief in love is tempting

When two hearts first collide

Many lovers come undone

Give in to their desire

The kaleidoscope of misery

Shows the peril of love’s fire

His hands are a distant memory

But they linger on her skin

Like a ghost below the surface

Stinging reminder of the sin

His eyes no longer pierce her soul

No longer hold her gaze

All that’s left is the memory

Of some dark forbidden haze

What they had was fleeting

But that moment burned its brand

Feels more like just a rumor now

In some distant foreign land

Still the embers burn within them

Yet there is no going back

They’ve both found that passion with another

As those memories fade to black