The Chain

The Chain

The sky looks pissed
The wind talks back
My bones are shifting in my skin
And you, my love, are gone

My room feels wrong
The bed won't fit
I cannot seem to operate
And you, my love, are gone

So glide away on soapy heels
And promise not to promise anymore
And if you come around again
Then I will take, then I will take the chain from off the door

I'll never say that I'll never love
But I don't say a lot of things
And you, my love, are gone

So glide away on soapy heels
And promise not to promise anymore
And if you come around again
Then I will take the chain from off the door

-Ingrid Michaelson

senses

i close my eyes and I scream
i listen
but there is no sound
nothing exits my mouth

i feel a hot stream
fall down my face
i touch
there is nothing there

i hold myself
i feel
no embrace
nothing touches me

i look in the mirror
at my reflection
i see
nothing i recognize

i walk through life
i smell
the memories of what once was
nothing is left

-Christine

tear stained cheeks of scarlet red

i have no words...

-Christine

Skinny Love

Come on skinny love just last the year
Pour a little salt we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall

I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different "kind"
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines

Come on skinny love what happened here
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split

I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
Now all your love is wasted?
Then who the hell was I?
Now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines

Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?

-Bon Iver

do you hear it?

looking for my song
i lost it
i’m not sure
what it looks like though
but i shan’t be here long
the ground is soft
the water is clear
no is one around
falling asleep
dreams in my head
leaves are falling
covering
giving me new skin
they intersect as they fall
back and forth
and are lost
the rain
falls without a sound
the phantom shadows dance
behind my eyes

images…
haunting my thoughts
images…
holding me down
images…
taking my song
images…

-Christine

Swords Out Flying

Sorry I was cold.
I was confusing myself,
Letting my fears run rampant,
Protecting what I knew.
In a safe place of my own making.

-Christine

Velcro Shoes

first comes crawling
then walking
mastering motion
one foot
in front of the other
i'm learning
my balance is shaky
my body bruised
from falling
they say i look stable
they say i'll walk soon
but some days
it's easier to crawl
than to walk
and
sometimes
standing up
scares me
one foot
in front of the other
it has taken
it will take time

-Christine