Shame

Lies could chase my breath away

Fear holds me in the deep

Smiles keep me satisfied

Words blunt the pains I keep

Tethered to the falling bricks

Headed down yet jumping in

You could keep me safe again

Yet I'll rebound

And shame will win.

Not even close to halfway done or sensible.

When I was watching Rugrats

You were dreaming loaded guns

And meeting each new girl in town

And playing, stiff for fun

The possibilities.

Though I may ruin this for her

You'd thank me in the end

For though she smiles bright as day

She's lost inside, a bit insane

And you could have her at her best

But time puts reason to the test

And she'd be gone before you knew

And you'd be fighting for the truth

She'd run away, she'd let you in

She'd find a way to say she'd win

She'd let me take the reins again

I'd cut you off, no chance of "friends".

Richard

Through every joke
From each small pun
I hide a smile
I bite my tongue:
I dream sometimes of days with you
And trust in that you'll see me through
The trials of each stranger day
And hope I, for you, can do the same
And use each other for support
To curve our lips and lift felled hearts
The strength that in you I find dear
Gives me the strength to hold you near
And trust another dream again
And love to live another sin. 

Leave

We celebrate our differences

Through joy and pains

And confidence

And when it's time to reconnect

We shake our heads

We bow and bend

And you'll come back I'll fly away

This bird you'll aim for dies one day

And you will hold the key to me

The cage-the prison built to see

But through these lies and self-deceit

I'll escape and replace the gate

And you'll be held captive to me

And chained, and bound,

The world will see

The torture that you set before

Rewritten in the scripts of law

And all will applaud what I've done

To save me from your jealous fun

And you'll be sad and reckless, pained

I'll save you from another day

You'll rebound and you'll one day see

That that's for you, and this for me.