one

Ⅰ We are standing face-to-face Much too close yet far away They’re a tricky thing These games We both find fun to play Until of course it fights Comes back with a bite Forcing us to hide Away Until it’s time to fight

Ⅱ He said--to me-- If you must know “I’ll be more than glad to go.” Said the thing that hurt the most Because he knew me so well

Ⅲ I fell into your arms Tripped over shoelaces And you got me I was off my guard (Literally) And we both pushed away Mumbled apologies

Ⅳ I’m sad, there’s no other word To describe all this keening hurt That goes too deep To be retrieved By anyone but you

Ⅴ Beaded bracelet On my wrist Makes it way Into my fist To snap it back In your face I grin; you laugh It’s good, this chase

two

Ⅰ Your lips they tasted honey sweet The most delicious guilty treat But I knew better, knew defeat Was hovering inches over me

Ⅱ Whisper all those words again I’d really like to hear them Because you meant what you said To some degree And if you didn’t Will you please Just whisper them again

Ⅲ Seconds pass as I run forth Down the gleaming golden court Ball in hand, I take my leap And end up knocked off of my feet Oh love, it always ends this way At least it does for me

Ⅳ “Come here, I want to show you something” The words were promising So I came forth just like you asked To see what you had seen And on our way back down the hall You kissed me on the cheek Wiped your nose across your sleeve And grinned when you were teased

Ⅴ Lazy time spent with TV Two bodies slipped beneath a fleece This. This is my happy.

Ⅵ We were friends who fell in love A storybook romance But what Cinderella failed to say Was that it’s all to chance And sometimes it is so, so good And sometimes it is not And sometimes bad boys do bad things And sometimes they get caught

three

Ⅰ One two three Been counting since that age And now I count the time Because you’re running late And I worry, and I fret Because that is what girls do best But turns out when you text me back I’m stood up; you don’t feel bad

Ⅱ (okay) Pep talk my way to you (wait) I love all that you do (say) Everything you’ve ever dreamed (sleep) You are here next to me

Ⅲ It’s just a moment When you quit snoring When my fingers shoots across the space Between us that is small And hovers beneath your nose Waiting for a touch of air To graze my skin And I’m holding my breath In anticipation When it comes Softly I relax Lay back down And watch you sleep

Ⅳ Test the waters with your eyes For fear that they’ll be cold And call me every night same time Because you’re an old soul And so polite, so good to me A real true gentleman But behind closed doors I dare to say You’re much too different

Ⅴ Scared I cower in your shadow The only dark I like And if you were to see the sun I’d wither up and die

four

Ⅰ Be prepared for coming close Hold your breath Put on a show I lie to you too easily to Stop this from turning dastardly And you believe what You don’t see Oh, how I lie so easily

Ⅱ Pull me aside The room is so crowded To a quieter corner Than the one we were in before And your hand touches mine My head is full of something As you ask how am I I’m too thrilled to be sure

Ⅲ I steal away Away from you Up the stairs Into my room I close the door And hope Just hope To hear your feet Fast approach And when I do I pull away Cross my arms And lie in wait When you come in So warily I accept Your weak sorry But what I think When you walk out Is why do I Hold so much doubt? Ⅳ

I’m going to settle Time to relent I’m going to settle And repent I’m going to settle Not resist I’m going to settle And give in

Ⅴ Sand beneath my feet Feel the ocean move Around my toes and ankles Feel my body grove Along with nature candid And unpleasant, reedy tones Do you really love me? Because I think you don’t

five

Ⅰ “See this picture?” “Yeah.” You asked me on a Sunday “Want to know who’s in it?” “You.” “Want to hear the story?” “No thanks,” I said cheerfully For I already had But you paid me no mind Just kept going on Like that

Ⅱ Borderline obsessive I search your name again Click a Youtube heading And soak all that’s you in Because I love your smile That grin upon your face Your gorgeous gravelly voice Something music can’t replace And I feel it deep inside At the bottom of my throat An unrequited yearning A hollow little hope That someday I will meet you And you’ll think I’m smart and fun That some day you might like me That the like could turn to love But then I’m forced back into A cold reality I don’t even know you And you? You don’t know me

Ⅲ They say I fractured it in three places I told you over the phone And then you showed Up at my door Asking if I wanted ice cream And what flavor All in one breath And my chest Constricted Because I wanted to So very badly But then again They said For me to stay in And I tell you no Not this time Sorry

Ⅳ Your voice becomes an echo Unwelcome in my ears I try to block it out but it Sears and sears and sears

Ⅴ You know about falling more than anyone Son, and that’s why I should stay Away from you The truth of the matter is that Tracks are one in your mind Try to see it like I do But you hear me turn you down Loud again, and I guess Confess, that I might know why You never asked after that

six

Ⅰ I lost my iPod Again And I’m looking for it Again In the Lost-and-Found I move aside a mitten When Will it show up When Will it show up When Will it show-- But then someone’s there Suddenly Holding it out Says sincerely “I found it by my locker” I guess I must have dropped it So he pressed it into my hand He’s cute, I note His eyes are blue They go good with his hair And suddenly I’m there Right next to him Asking if he wants to get Coffee Tea a Smoothie Anything After school But he laughs in a mean way Says he has a girlfriend Laughs again, backs away Leaving me wishing That I’d never spoken

Ⅱ The song is sort of long My fingers need a break But you are there beside me Lying in my wait Patient So I play

Ⅲ “You forgot to make coffee” My words were rather cold You rolled your eyes because you knew That you had just been told Last night, but do you really Have to be so difficult? If only you’d do what I asked My problems would be solved

Ⅳ Double A I run to the store Grab the pack I’m out the door Down the street In the jeep When suddenly You’re there with me In my head In my space I pull over To take a break And wash away The memories They’re all of you It’s hard to breathe And then like that You’re gone again I’m all alone Away you’re sent I start the car And pull back out Into traffic Not a sound