lines

that man’s lines were poetry

each limb a destination

all his lands

for my hands

mysteries worth exploration

my own eyes

bent and imploring

half drunk and adoring

let me in let me in oh, please let me in!

logic

Do not love me 

logically 

love me 

everything wild 

-Les’Nspired

Quite So

There are things you hold
within your heart
complex and heavy,

you can’t let anyone close

Others may think this burden 

is typical and trivial,

and that is because you carry it so 

no one would know 

Don't you know?

You said you weren't going anywhere

but, boy, don't you know? 

There are other ways to leave

and types of letting go.

Les'Npsired

inner world

do you have an inner world,
or am i the only one?

vibrant and ideal
like far into a fragrant meadow
from the trees shake laughter and youth
trunks in sure strengths of dependability

90's Love Song

Boy, you are a 90's love song 

dancing in the kitchen 

to an r&b beat

I can wrap my arms around that 

and sway with you  

in our bare feet 

-Les’Nspired

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Medicine

◄◄⠀▐▐ ⠀►►

(chorus)

Boy, you are my medicine

genuine adrenaline

look up at me

and you will see

life feels good again

the sun set

on the darkest of days

you brought with you

the brightest rays

warmth and goodness

and your sweet ways

cleared my head

took away the pain

i melt

something is melting within me 

like warm syrup and honey  

sweet and delectable 

sap-filled and runny 

if i’m becoming so  

who is the banquet for? 

it is my heart, my heart 

slipping to the floor 

Partially

my words are set free

to roam across grassy hills

only here do they not have

to hide how they feel

i am told often

how dangerous are my ways

how hard are all

the things i need to say

i upset them

so i let all of me fade

perhaps i am the reason

for anxiety in my day

i am partially myself

so much is performance to seem okay

how do i know who i am anymore?

most of me is tucked away

without the anxious rambling

and moving around nervously,

would you even like the me that is calm?

would i bore you if i turned out

to just need to cry for awhile 

because i've been gone from

myself for so long?

i can't explain how far within

i have folded to just belong

so that i do not do wrong

and so i can just hold on

it would take an expedition

in the most hazardous of conditions

to excavate any original editions

of my naked thought's renditions

i pity my desperate voice

and its hopeless plight

it's all bark and no bite

because alone, i have no fight

alone

alone

alone

i have no fight.

-Les'Nspired

When You Say My Name

When you say my name

it is the prayer answered

after years of heartache;

it is reverence and humility

I am queen in vulnerability

I am ruler for your sake

piano man

He played his heart upon the piano 
and my own felt something i hadn’t known  
struck every note in the right key
then he sang and looked at me…

When The Sun Rises

when the sun rises

may my face relax beneath its warmth

and stop trying so hard to fix the night

with the day

may my hands let go of their fists

and shoulders sigh into acceptance

my jaw stop clenching and my teeth

to stop grinding away all the hope