I don’t have to check the moon
The tips of my ears are hot
The furry mischief in my veins
Makes me restless
Unless I find something to do
It’s the sunglasses and baseball cap pulled low tonight
Five miles an hour down the street, hunting
They call it curb skinning
What I’m hunting
Decides the bait I hang out the window
Peeking over the door locks, I breathe in heartbeats
Like a panther in the shadows
Wired, I see it all
My teeth gleaming
There will be blood on the moon
If I don’t find sanctuary
When my mind and flesh become one
Something inside starts growling
And like a piranha in a river stained with just one drop of blood
My nose is wide open
So when you see me in this desperate state
Looking for a place to hide myself when the moon is full
Understand
Thinking for one moment that I am like you
May cost someone their life tonight
Because when I get hungry it’s all the same color
And I don’t come up for air until I’m satisfied
I don’t know anything
Until after I’m done
Don’t matter what you talkin bout tonight
The cigarettes been lit and the smoke is already flying away
When I stomp it out, it’s over
And we don’t cry after midnight
When I wrapped my hand around your scarf
You should have known that wearing red does this to me
And if I bit your lip too hard then you should have bit me back
Cause I sharpened my teeth when the moon came out
There won’t be any bottles beside the bed
And the air in the room will be clear from all the open windows
But I will be drunk with a madness that can be scary
If you don’t get mad with me
So dream and twist yourself up in the blankets of this darkness
We’ll be swimming for a long time before we reach the sun
And drowning will only make you believe you can breathe under water
So let your body grunt, baby
Cause when I drink you
I’m going to take everything
Until you feel like you have to rip yourself apart to give me any more
And only then, with a mouthful of your heart, will I be satisfied
So I won’t lie, kiss me deeply with your eyes
I’ve kissed the sky, a piece of paper blown away
And risked my life afraid to die
But more afraid of never living
So I kissed your toes and fell asleep forgiving
I shook the rain out of a cloud and caught my breath
Diamond drops of water blinding me I tossed the sponge aside
Inhaling all of heaven, a fresh, clean fire
And drank my fill of beautiful, cool and blue
I am a wind, a spirit through you
A breath of air blowing inside you
I am a dream, a pleasant dream
Behind your eyes
My shadow is the sunshine
And I’m a figment of your mind
A whisper of an achingly beautiful love
A feather left by angels
To the wonder of a child
Who still believes
Believes
That love cannot tell time
Somebody stole the tulips and daisies from my front yard
While the sprinklers were on
I was blinded by the sunlight in the water drops
Thought the cool breeze behind me was you
But when I turned around
I only saw a rabbit run into the bushes
Opened up the screen door to go inside
Tripped over the first step
Caught my breath and choked on a surprising feeling
Almost crying by accident when I only meant to sigh
Suddenly desperate to find the phone
Ran upstairs, looked under the bed
Pulled out the handset I dropped last night
Kept hitting the button to turn the thing on
Forgetting the bill was overdue
The phone company was out of patience
Sat there on the floor
Looking at the sun frame the window on the carpet
And warm the toes I didn’t feel like wiggling anymore
A few seconds became an hour
Before I jumped up, ran downstairs
Snatching the car keys on my way out the door
Only to find myself blocked in by a delivery truck with no driver
I bit the inside of my jaw
Looking up and down the block
While big fat fluffy white clouds floated overhead in the blue sky
Turned and looked at the dirt in my garden
Where my flowers had been
And wished I had a rock and someone to throw it at
Frozen with a frustrated want
I stood there dying
Until a butterfly landed on my nose and whispered
“It’ll be okay.”
