Category Archives: Sad

probably

Posted on by under Girls, Sad

if i took my turn under the lights
if i wasn’t home on friday nights
if i didn’t always need to be right
would she love me?

if i sang songs on the radio
if i sometimes said i have to go
if i wasn’t scared to tell her no
would she love me?

if i knew all of the latest bands
if i was there to hold her hand
if i was easier to understand
would she love me?

if i had some different skin
if i kept my faults hidden
if we had more things in common
would she love me?

if i was a lion and not a lamb
if i just didn’t give a damn
if i was not who i am
would she love me?

if we kissed

Posted on by under Girls, Love, Sad

if we kissed would you slap my face?
would a kiss be out of place?
if i loved you and told you so
would you fold your arms and tell me no
like a parent with a little boy
pointing to an expensive toy
would you tell me “surely someone else”
“just leave this one up on the shelf”
i’m sure that’s what you’d say
so i’ll shove love out of the way
and trip and fall and crawl along
i’ll hum off-key an old love song
and forever i will pretend
i am nothing but a friend

strobe lights

Posted on by under Girls, Sad

storms like strobe lights
slide through a valentine sky
every girl i can think of
has a hand upon her thigh
a man to make her happy
at least a reason not to cry
hold the kiss in through the door
stop to laugh while fingers try
to work their dresses to the floor
breathe deep then close their eyes
each girl i can’t let go of
bites her lip and blushes shy
she lays down with her lover
and he shows her how to fly

the problem with hope

Posted on by under Girls, Hope, Sad

i must explain what i can’t ignore
a love that i’ve always apologized for
hope’s in the corner with her fingers crossed
wisdom tells her to get lost
but every night she speaks to me
i used to memorize her stories
like closed eyes over a cake candle wish
like those moments i thought i would cherish
they stalk me like a panther in the trees
waiting until i’m weak in the knees
and when emotion is dry and fake
i wonder what else will it take
for hope to get the hints i drop
but it seems she will never stop
whispering in my ear
words i’ll always want to hear
so the problem with hope, i believe
is she will never leave

sometimes

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls, Sad

sometimes it sounds like silence
not many words could be as cruel
sometimes it sounds like a siren
or smells like jet engine fuel

sometimes it stings like an open wound
sometimes it’s a numb touch
sometimes it gets more than it’s earned
sometimes it takes too much

and it can seem like a new creation
most of the time it blurs like tears
but there are a rumored few
who have seen it disappear

sometimes it tastes like our own words
at the time we swore we were right
if we are aware of its existence
it will keep us up at night

sometimes it’s celebrated
sometimes it’s stopped with a lie
and eventually most will forget
that it ever was Goodbye

used to dream

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Sad

i used to dream that she would notice
the deep down man i thought i was
people say they put personality first
but no one really does

i used to dream that she would find
a trace of my heart, warm from the fire
and she’d press it to her cool cheek
i dreamt i made her feel desired

i used to dream that she would need me
she’d run to me and hide from her day
i’d comfort her and fight her battles
i dreamt i scared all her monsters away

i used to dream that i made her feel better
that she searched my eyes for my thought
and when i’d sigh she’d beg for a story
i dreamt things were what they were not

now i dream only that i make her feel
for i can’t tell hello from goodbye
cold as ice, blamelessly nice
i dream i can make her cry

easy riddles

Posted on by under Getting Over It, Girls, Sad

there are 360 ways to tell our story
but they all end up with ‘goodbye’
look at it from every angle
sort out the truth from your lies

i am bitter and i’m sorry
for whatever part i played
love can seem so real
though only a charade

you are blind when i am pointing
deaf whenever i call
you are gone when i am lonely
you can fly, i only fall

i hide my heart in easy riddles
but you never saw the truth
you had an answer for hard questions
but words are never proof

i put my feelings in the window
then i left them on the lawn
i kept hoping you would see them
but you just kept moving on

so i tell them you were careless
you don’t care what i may say
it’s my side of the story
you aren’t listening anyway

you are nice enough to say

Posted on by under Girls, Sad

sometimes i can’t move fast enough
to duck out of the way
of what you don’t really mean
but are nice enough to say

so i’d like to leave it all to you
the choices to be made
and i’ll be along for the ride
no games to be played

this time it’s a safer way
no one hurts or wants to run
when you want to, freely call
if you need to talk to someone

i’m trying to accept my role
i am here just to fix you
when your broken down and
when you don’t know what to do

and i can’t speak for tomorrow
but right now i am ok
with being here for your tears
and then watching you skip away

3/15/01

5-18-99

Posted on by under Girls, Sad
i’m supposed to say something smart
but i’m fresh out of wise
everyone’s waiting to laugh
they stare with pitiful eyes
i can tell a story
one they’ve already heard
boy meets girl, and then
comes that L word
what audience will sit through this
even though the seats are free
i have to admit, i wouldn’t submit
to sit and watch me
tough love, no chance
she’s way out of my reach
she’ll never be my girl
no matter how sweet my speech

fair to her

Posted on by under Girls, Sad


is it fair to her if i’m just killing time until you’re mine?
is it fair to her if i’m just holding on until you’re gone?
but i won’t break her just to fix myself
what if she is the one?

i know you’re not, but you could be