The beginning of the end
Is a quickened heartbeat, close to another,
Not out of excitement,
But to close the moment without a fray.

The beginning of the end
Is a distant step away from love,
Measuring the distance to ensure safety
When the collapse finally hits,

Ah, but the end is also a beginning.
It becomes a beautiful cocoon of change.
There is always struggle to break a chrysalis,
But the end result is living without stop.

....

I chain smoke and realize I need to button up my loose ends.
In love with a ghost. She's the brightest light I've ever seen.
But bright lights don't shine long.
All the beginning began and ended somewhere inbetween.

She's not going to keep me.
It's just another pass at thinking about one's life.
I've been a stepping stone before.
I'll hope for a doorstep I'm welcome to cross.

Try once, I'll fight.
Try again, I'll bend.
I'm not that stupid, not anymore.
I love wholly,
And everything else is second in line.
What else would bind a people,
If not that one good thing?

Careless love.
It entered into us like a wave.
You rescued me from myself.
I rescued you from a sad past.
Now your scent ruminates my mind
Like stale flowers that were gifted,
And I just don't want to let go.
I can't believe I'm writing this.
Because when I write it it usually comes true.

So now let me write that I'm madly in love with you,
And you feel the same way too.
Please come to me and feel the love for me
I've never had. Someone has got to love this man...

Someone, goddamn.