Slanted Waves
Shrouding truth with vanity
To turn my knowing eyes
Buried visions of the night
Beneath my tapered skies
Slanted shade on icy waves
Came washing over me
And decided it was best
To drown my Clover sea
Doing this was dignified
Denial told me so
Reminding me about self-doubt
As if I didn’t know
On the days I couldn’t breathe
Or simply wouldn’t think
I’d just write some fallen world
Where dying dreams could sink
Many nights I’d cry awake
Pretending I could keep
Simple flowers from the rest
They’d grow within my sleep
Once I even lied to live
This life without my Jou
But faking smiles can only pass
If they resemble you
And so I just threw in the towel
Not caring how cliché
Turning out some tired phrase
Would sound if I should say
Then a Fish with silken fins
Reflecting amber streams
Asked me if I’d like to swim
Jou’s oceanic dreams
But silence came to comfort me
So I forgot to speak
Until I felt my awful pain
Come crashing down my cheek
Music from an exiled song
My Jou had helped me write
Overwhelmed my quietude
As love inspired night
While lonely madness drew a breath
From starry diadems
Gentle clouds denied my rain
By dropping Purple gems
That sparked a facial metaphor
I wouldn’t claim as mine
Until Bi Jou Jou softly said,
‘This crescent needs to shine’
