Saturday, April 11, 2009

alphabet

free-for-all fire in the hole
like dying, like living undesired
enterprising lovers
this cliff is very steep

and freedom follows sleep,
remember the time when
smiles meant smiles and miles
of heartache were just for fun?
i don't either
underneath and over on the beach
we stormed to see the future
hoping we'd win
(but just because i'm happy doesn't
mean i'm in)

i feel like
age-old languish, re-invent the wheel
cross the demilitarized zone, there's nothing left.

surprise attack on faulty data
intelligence could never prepare me for
many things, like love and life
but i still try (why on earth do i do that?)
i still try,
and it's still hard
but i bet that when the dust settles
over sunset crabgrass, twilight marsh,
i'll still be alive.

3 comments:

the unholy atlantic said...

this is sooper good, especially the part that reminds me of the CIA

Ianthe Wilde said...

i am in love with this.

Ianthe Wilde said...

yeah.

i was going to need you to teach me how to say "i like you, but you're too old for me" in spanish, but i just said it in english. it was sad.