Lullaby

Hey baby boy

I hope that you're sleeping

I hope that you're resting 

Safe and sound 

Hey baby boy

This love's like the ocean

This love's changing landscapes 

Forever unbound 

Hey baby boy

Our layers remind us

Our layers will fall

See light all around 

Hey baby boy

Fear can't control you

Fear can't withstand you

Just hold your ground 

Us

We tortured each other until there was no air left to breathe 

Our faces battered and bruised by the words we shouted

Hurling each other further down the steel pipe

Further into darkness

Unenlightening ourselves 

With each other's presence 

Forgetting you are me

And I am you

Disappointment filled our essence with the foul stench of rot

It's not dark enough yet

The emptiness

The misery

Self inflicted cries for help

As we began to resent each other

Time pulled us under the murky liquid of the swamp

We lay in the fecal matter of shame

Each thinking they did no wrong

No need for correction 

We can't even stand the sight of ourselves 

Because of who we allowed ourselves to be 

Let go

It was always more than friends 

And it was too much for you

Dueling like a Gemini 

You embraced me as you pushed me away

A feeble attempt to be what you're not

Refusing to surrender

To love

Stolen embrace

Connections

Relating

Don't let anyone see

Not even you or me

How we're stepping into love with one another

Every floor brings us closer

Pull away now

Don't stop

Beware the cameras

Everybody's eyes are on us

But you don't care

Isn't that right

Maybe in ten years

We'll try again