THE OCEAN MIXED WITH OUTER SPACE AND SMOKE

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I DESIRE AN URGE TO BURN

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER SAID

WRITE IT ALL ON PAPER

AND SEND IT TO THE GODS

MAYBE SHE'LL SHOW THE SUN

ALL YOUR ESSENCE

ALL YOUR BEAUTY

THAT YOU PUT DOWN ON WORDS FOR ME

ABOUT ME

THAT I PUT ONTO PAPER

AND I BURNT

AND MAYBE THE SUN WILL SMILE

AND MAYBE I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT FIRST

BUT I GUESS I MUST'VE

TURNED TO ASHES WITH YOUR WORDS

AND MAYBE WE BECAME CRIMINAL DUST

IN THE VOID OF YOUR HURT

THAT YOU INHERITED FAR TOO YOUNG

AND YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD

TO GO THROUGH THAT

AND IT KILLS ME THAT SOMEONE'S IDLE

CAN BE ANOTHER PERSONS NIGHTMARE

AND I'M SO SORRY

HE STILL HAUNTS YOUR DREAMS

AND TURNS EVERYONE AGAINST YOU

TURNS YOU AGAINST ME

FAIR SKIN AND BLUE EYES

PLEASE REMOVE YOUR HAND

FORM OVER YOUR RIGHT EYE

YOU SAID YOU HAVEN'T

CRIED OUT OF BOTH EYES

IN YEAR AND YEARS

BUT THEN YOU SAID

YOU HURT ME

AND EVEN THOUGH

IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY STAB ME

BUT MERELY SCRATCH ME

YOU SAID IT HURT YOU SO MUCH

TO KNOW

THAT YOU HARMED THE ONE

WHO BARES THE REASON YOU LIVE

AND THEN YOU SAID

YOU CRIED

YOU CRIED OUT OF BOTH EYES

AND I CRIED THAT NIGHT

FOR A LONG TIME

DO YOU REMEMBER

HOW ON THAT NIGHT

WE STAYED UP ON THE PHONE

UNTIL SIX AM

AND WE WATCHED THE SUN RISE?

YOU SAID MY SMILE COULD OUTSHINE

THE SUN

WE SHARED DREAMS THAT NIGHT

AND WE MADE PLANS FOR OUR FUTURE

ARE YOU EXCITED

FOR NATHAN AND ABERDEEN?

I BET HER EYES WILL BE

A DEEP SEA GREEN

OR AN IRON INFUSED BLUE OCEAN

AND I BET HE WILL BE
 
A TRUE GENTLEMAN

BECAUSE HE'LL BE JUST LIKE YOU