immortal soul 

you are my forbidden fruit,

the one everyone says you 

ought to avoid;

but i want to take a bite

let your juice run down my hands—

watch every sacred temple

of my name 

stained in a new light,

and i know not everyone 

will appreciate the color;

but life is too short

& 

i want to know the magic

and the warmth 

of your love—

so i break open my bones,

my heart is a missive

singing every harmony you

could need;

and i’ll carry your secrets 

forever in this immortal

soul.

enjoy the ride
life itself feels like
a masquerade
sometimes,

i feel like when i open
my eyes sometimes
i should still be four years
old picking blackberries
with mama;

how did i close my eyes
at twenty,
waking up when i was
forty?

seems unreal how fast
time can go by,

we wanted to be grown
so quickly;
i wish i could go back in
time and dance at a masquerade ball—

get kissed underneath the moonlit
velvet sky,
glittering with stars;

i wish i could tell that girl to enjoy the ride.