She told me that
She
Didn’t have the
Strength
To climb
The same ledge
The same edge
That I had
Desired with mine
Her mind had
Broken through
And yet
I would not leave
You
Because I know
Just how much
A scene means
To everyone
Everyone is a part
Of something,
The water running-
That’s extra
I knew that your
Heart
Could fit inside
Of mine
But If I was to allow
It
Your heart might not
Even
Like the sight of mine
We were chained to the
Floor
With only minor exits
Where a big entrance
Never
Seemed possible
While
Trying to squeeze
Into
Tiny holes
Looser by use,
Not by age,
The color of her
Insides
Matching the colors
Of my days
How could she know
That
She would not grow
With me,
How could she know
I
Had grown too much
To
Be touched in such
A way
How could she not
Have got it,
The hypnotic sense,
How could I have
Not got it,
The perfect rest
Its nothing but pain
That
Keeps her chained to
A wall
Its nothing but pain
That
Makes her crawl deep
Down
Inside you
Its nothing but fear
And
A lack of understanding
That
Has you demanding results
Its nothing but fear that
Paves way
For cults
A million that would
Swallow
Without first learning
What
It takes to suck
A million that would
Engage
Without first learning
What
It takes to fuck
And it’s all these
Inconsistencies
On a daily basis that
Just
Never seem to add up
I traded one cup
For the other,
Now all my lovers
Are mixed
I gave them the love
Of their life,
Now all my lovers want
In
Now they’re trying
To hustle
As they’ve already
Let me swim
Now all they’re trading
Is
A skin for a skin
The way we begin
Is
Never the way we
End
As it’s the ways
We bend
That makes us human
It’s what makes us
Both
Reach and unreachable,
Teach and unteachable,
Insecure and yet
At the very same time
Un-breachable
What would you yourself
Not decide to endure
If you knew it could be
Your cure for a lifetime
What does your lifeline
Look like,
How does it measure,
How do you derive
Sweet from salty
And salty from pleasure
Everything is created
Perfectly
In a way that
Only
You can remember
Treasure
Island.
Ryan Allen Kelly 