these mistakes You made

“The butterfly cried

In the window sill

Watching a scene

Drowning in tears

A fragment of light

Might you change your mind

Shut it out

To wear your freedom down ”

“with the knife in His eyes

and His un-sober fists

i just want to sit for a while

i can think to myself

in a place and breathe

these mistakes You made

You’ll make them again

not the last time

You’ll cry again

lies You sang to me

they were careful in sin

just whisper now

because they can all hear

not one person stops

but they’d turn their heads

or in the rear-views they watch

the destruction of us

crushed on the pavement

oh they will all see”

“Warm whispers

Carry a familiar place

Touch the silence

Weeping for more

Smoked every breath

Tempting death

Danced with devils

Feeling where they live”