WIDTHS AND CURVES

I’ve noticed the way that I tug this string too hard
It’s unwinding, you’re rolling
This dress is not enough to suit my mood.

This chatter, this banter as the highway unfolds in two
directions our eyes speak of feeling too consumed
by all of this.

Please I am asking for
this weight of hearts to lift
Shift from this scene of grief into
a love that is somehow….worth it.

I’ve come for you
to soothe this mess of words
it’s been so long since I’ve slipped
into place along your widths and curves.

c. darlingyou. 06



THE OTHERSIDE

I knew it’d be you on the otherside.
Just ten minutes after we said goodbye.
With things left unsaid so unsatisfied
And a burning to hear your voice just one more time.

And I walk in the cold to destroy this kick
Of wanting to know just what makes you tick
Cause if I knew all your secrets then I’d
Capture your heart and make you mine.

And it’s so silly for me to worry
About situations that don’t exist
We create these problems and try to solve them
Why waste each passing moment

And all good things my love
Weave in and out through this space
No worries about boredom my love
There’s beauty in nothing to say.

I knew it’d be you on the otherside
Just ten minutes after we said goodbye.

c. darlingyou. 06



ST. FRANCIS

St. Francis fumbled in the dark
Up the stairs and down the hall
and in his midst the crows moved slow
whizzing by like thunderbolts

and I cried go.

with flint in teeth and fire and hand
he fought a fleet of angry men
who boast of birds they stole from
St. Francis tamed those witless thieves

and I cried go.

St. Francis learned th wolves lived in
towns with wives and with children
his eyes grew blind from this awful truth
the real wolves wore pants and shoes

the crows know that your wavering
the crows know that your waiting
to escape.

St. Francis says says says

GO.

c. darlingyou. 06



MISTY EYES

You shouldn’t feel like
the end sweeps in circles
like wolves around bodies you are…

My lighthouse through this
dim-lit apartment of things
that rattle like cars.

So cheers to this morning
that smells like last evening
when we bloomed like tulips
in the soil.

Misty eyes steer clear tonight
cause it’s been so long since I’ve
seen the sun.

c. darlingyou. 06



FAVOURITE SKIN

These eyes are open like picture frames
that look at lives passing in subtle ways.
So linger slowly in air that’s fresh
As I soak in madness to look my best.

And you are my favourite skin to wear
whether here or there or everywhere. Oh no.

I sold my secrets to a friend down the street
in exchange for some methods to get us to meet.
The odds were against us cause I was tied up.
But you came with fire to distract the cops.

And you are my favourite skin to wear
whether here or there or everywhere. Oh no.

c. darlingyou. 06



To R.I.P. on Righteous Tides.

Today I daydreamed of being shot
left to bleed at a Parkdale Dollarmart
and beggars laughed as my coins
fell out and caught the sun.

and sparkled like that first day
you caught my eyes but now I lay
with no dollars and a bleeding head.

So the lesson learned
is to always spend before you dream,
so no one will pick up
your coins and have better luck
then leave.

They tossed me in a limousine
headed southbound towards the CNE
where I watched the carnies
set up a ferris wheel.

I caught your eyes and I realized
that nuts and bolts were left
on the ground to shine
and you laughed as I was the first to board

So the lesson learned
is to never ride after you spot
her disasterous eyes
that never lie and leave you lost.

And when I'm sad I look for tragedy
to save me from my memories
that whisk me to a place where
the roads are long

where all signs point towards familiar sights
of too much smoking and wild nights
where no daydreams distract me
when I'm in bed alone.

So my lesson learned
is to always breathe
when the tide comes in.
cause I'm better off to be swept away then to just jump in.

c. darlingyou. 06



RACCOONS

You spoke too soon.
And jumped the gun.
And this trail of guts
Tells me I’m done

With feeling small.
This love was huge
Too huge for me now
Too huge for you

And the raccoons spin a ballad outside
As I sob myself thin in smoke tonight.

I walked alone, then ran too fast.
These feet are sore I tried my best
To light your in starry sights
A glow of faith now with me in mind

And the raccoons spin a ballad outside
As I sob myself thin in smoke tonight.
And this air leaves scents to curse my sleep.
Wrapped in picture frames and dirty laundry.

You spoke too soon and now I’m done.

c. darlingyou. 06



ANABACUS

Oh sweet child oh
endearing light to whom may I
direct this sinking the urges me to swirl and twist
in childish fits.

I read your ribs like
an abacus.

My body lies limp
softly angled in
a plea for your affection

So I’ll rise like the morning
in light so charming you can’t resist.

I read your ribs like
an abacus.

I read your ribs like
an abacus.

You know you know.

c. darlingyou. 06



STEEP

This could be our last resort
Let’s cut these limbs that weigh us down
The spies hide out in smoky leaves
Our love is sweet espionage

My temper flares with moves off course
Romance misplaced in busy days
The night sinks like stones in this dirty gut
That haunt with the ghosts our bodies make

And I swing sweet
And skim these streets
That hold me in one piece

And dismiss these spells
of wishing wells
whose costs on me
have been too steep

c. darlingyou. 06



LAMPPOST

Walking through the seasons
seems so tiring
The air stirs in low hums
of open windows as lives
spill onto the street.

The song plays without guilt
And you were disaster peaking with sunrise.
Peaking with sunrise.

I fold these hands shut
to shut out your glimmering, your glimmering.

So meet me by the lamppost
So we can chat like old friends.

c. darlingyou. 06



THE WOODS

I thought it was understood
I’m going out into the woods
To see what is left of me

And all these wolves
Shoot hungry looks
Like crowded streets of vampire teeth
In the city

The garden grows as if she knows
When air gets thin
to let no one in
She knows that nothing grows

And I foresee some changing
With battered hearts recovering
The woods have never been so full.

And I go outside
To see familiar lives
Race through to finish lines then start again
Come on!

And I go outside
To see familiar lives
Race through to finish lines then start again
Come on!

c. darlingyou. 06



TUMBLEWEEDS

If I could see past these trees
that stand like sticks waiting to be burned.

And if these signs on these streets
lived up to their prestige then perhaps it
wouldn’t get worse.

And tumbleweeds have come to sweep
This town to shreds

And tumbleweeds have come to sweep
This town to shreds

The shadows have a glorious time
Creating myths of bustling lives
To make up for whose moved out

And with the curse of ghosts that roam in malls
And with a population stuck answering calls
Who can blame them for moving out?

And tumbleweeds have come to sweep
This town to shreds

And tumbleweeds have come to sweep
This town to shreds

c. darlingyou. 06