Signals

I'd love to tell you how I came
To be the way I am today
But that just ain't the way that I behave

I'm the one who walks the walk
But doesn't ever talk the talk
That's necessary for understanding me

I'll lead you on, you'll play along
You'll think you've got me then I'm gone
I'll cheat on you without ever getting
Close enough to ravage you
I'll misdirect then damage you
Just because I can you know
Because hurting you
Comes naturally to me

Someday I might let you in
I might tell you everything
That depends on what you offer me

Because you are weak and I am strong
I will keep you hanging on
Until I'm bored of stringing you along

And when I'm gone you'll ask yourself
If you could trust somebody else
After everything that I have done
To mix the signals up so well
That when you meet somebody new
You're second guessing every move
And you will know
It's all because
Of me

Country Mouse

Pistons are racing gears and chewing exhaust is streaming into the air trees zip past windows whistling small swooshes that synchronize with the streetlights biting as teeth of a zipper sewing together the highway.
Breaks. Cease. Shut.
Empty. Faces. Stare.
Door. To door. To door.
No greens. No Yellows. Reds.
Exhaust. Clouds. Chokes.
Dissipates. Fades. Diffuses.
Back into the air.

Four Letter Word

Four letter word
Never gives up
Even when I want it to
Because it knows better
Than to listen
When I rant

Four letter word
Butterfly needle
Flutter in my veins
Catterpillar tracks
Setting me apart

Four letter word
Unstoppable growth
No matter what
Cannot be choked
Or torn apart
Dyes only in the wool;
The fabric of my heart

Feet get heavier
Every morning
The leash feels tighter
People feel samier
The world gets smaller
Every day you're not seeing it

The boundaries
Just out of sight
Unless I turn on the TV

The gaps get bigger
Harder to close
Or more difficult to jump
When your feet get heavier
Every morning.