hotel heart.

when you come for a visit
it's always a lovely evening
even if you're just a stranger
why you're here, i'll never know...

but you never stay too long,
you come and go as you please.
you leave your many dues unpaid
and disappear without a trace.

can't you see my heart's not a hotel
that you can't simply check in and out?

sifting through the rubble.

while sifting through the remnants
of rubble that was us,
i found one shining piece of gold
that i'll keep forever, nonetheless

you & i were holding hands,
laughing in shimmering light
as we both fell to the ground,
our love it did ignite.

three months later.

there you are across the room.
you're nobody
just a stranger
staring blankly ahead.

it's easy to forget that you were once someone,
that we were once something
cause too often, something just fades into nothing.

but what we had wasn't nothing
we can't pretend we never happened
i promise i won't forget
you & and the lessons that you taught me

don't ever be afraid to love
cause it's not something to be ashamed of
don't open your heart to strangers
if your heart's already occupied
& don't you dare live one minute with someone
who doesn't make you happy

cause even though i'm so alone
i'm better all off on my own.