I write to you my darling Everything my words could never tell Yes, my dying breath will never live on without you Because without you, I’d cease to exist I write to you my darling Because when I look in your eyes, I can’t see my face anymore I don’t recognize the reflection in the mirror And perhaps that’s for the best I love you We had a good run, but your intent leaves me at fault I love you The way you deny you ever smiled at the flash of my admiration I love you I know it’s my fault that I left the bathroom crying I love you You insist to forget my urges to leave a young man dying I love you If all I do is create problems, why not slit the throats of the roots I love you The way you take my words of affection for pity I love you Are you pushing me away to save your own sense of self I love you And if I leave, will you revert back to your old shell I love you It was a stupid rhetorical What would I leave you for I love you You think that everyone created their scars to rival yours I love you You’re only the third person I’ve left to corrupt me But you’re the first to gut the life out of me I love you And I’m susceptible to suggestion But I’m not familiar with this newfound aggression I love you The way you trail your fingers down your chin I love you Mapping out all the routes you took before the capes thawed I love you Your fingers run cold The way I could bite off their tips splattered on the canvas I love you You know we could never hurt each other We just chip away the iron coats we built Sparks blinding us I love you The way you were painting the living room with your blood I love you And you wither at the smell that rose from the garden taunted you with I love you That stink of denial that trails down your forehead I love you You relish the chance to see a dying man come alive at the sight of his life expiring I love you I’ll savor the sweetness you strangled away from me I love you The taste that remained, its flavor has gone sour I love you The way your frown trickles across the color of your cheeks I love you And you were being so particular about the way I voiced my complaints I love you Well no one could’ve ever wanted me the way you do I love you And it was good as done once the seeds soaked up the blood And as long as I’m alive The last decade while your mind expires And the best thing I can say that isn’t kind Is I love you I love you I love you

Did the river or the waterworks decimate the Leech The zoo had pretermitted him pompously Should’ve dragged me down with him Would’ve been a touch amorous Would’ve saved me a world of Gordian knots You dubbed my lunacy too lurid for your sensibilities If I needed your pity, I’d pretend to be too good for it Though I’m not surprised You were compromised You saved yourself a load of Gordian knots Were you really afraid of me pining for you The way I stooped to the ends of my wits to be your shot at redemption Did you cower near the chandeliers Or did you dance with your second chance So you could sidestep the heartbreak And avoid the tangle of Gordian knots With a hold on your innocence With your strong arm impotence Now they extended their weary hands Will you shake them for the sweat of kindness I stood at your doorway with hair plastered on my forehead The rain washing away any sense of regret Did you slam the door just to unscrew the hinges Or did you bet everything on the dust Flying into my eyes And making me untangle my own Gordian knots