Sometimes it's just as simple as life and death
because you don't know this but I've been...

Volume 1
I start with death; I died a thousand times...

Murder by moonlight
as the ebony-eyed lady...

If I don't say (something), I'm not sure how I...
my head up, letting the sun give me premature...

What will your last smile stir inside
of me? An absence of mind perhaps...

I refuse you again, engulfing myself
in dangerous waters void of ocean life...

Fly from this earth,
that's what she crossed her fingers for...

Bathroom door locked, faucet on full blast...
blood spotting on arms, tissue paper wrapped...

Car rides between us are rare,
so this morning was a pleasant surprise...

The lonely bones of a realist
are trapped beneath emblems, analogies, and...

A delicate rose
collecting dust...

Nature's velvet crush
will shed illicit beauty...