Invisible Stop Signs

You drowned

Lovestruck in a flooded town

Shirt buttoned up wear your hair down

Skin’s smooth, tan, and brown

You’re too sad to frown

You know

Everything goes

Back to the memories you hold so close

Slow dancing where moonlight glows

And lightning wind blows

Now

You forgot how

You used to feel proud

Got lost somewhere in a black cloud

And that’s allowed

So

Just go

Down that flooded road

See if you can make it home

And rip apart those love letters that you wrote

You

Can see through

That cracked rear view

Mirror to

Someone who’s never heard of you

I

Do not know why

You don’t even try

To leave it behind

Like a hitch hiker needing a ride

Few

If any knew

That love would undo

All of the things that you held onto

It’s shocking but true

Why

Didn’t I

Wipe away the tears you cried?

I’m feeling like

This life passed you by

And I don’t know

How you let it all go

Bright Eyes

You’re my moonlight cowgirl

I hang on every word you say

You’re my moonlight cowgirl

And those old denim jeans are frayed

You got dirt on your boots

And I see some straw in your hair

Radio plays the blues

You live out in the mountain air

You’ve been here your whole life

You got no plans of leaving town

Sharpened your daddy’s knife

And you got your dog from the pound

You stand in the moonlight

And your beautiful eyes shine bright

Hollywood Sign

You took my picture by the Hollywood sign

You know I’ll never forget

All the times

You let

Me run into your arms

We went our separate ways and things done changed

You scratched the hardwood floor

Your curtain’s stained

Punched the door

And shattered some windows

You and I used to ride around our hometown

But we don’t do that no more

And I forgot how

I felt torn

You can do me no harm

Can’t be mad because I did what’s best for me

Can’t hold onto you with

A memory

And then slip

On what I used to know

Hurt me when you were slow to say I love you

And I was patient for a while

So we stuck like glue

Backing tile

Which fell off over time

Phone plugged into the electrical socket

And I have no plans of calling you

Because I can’t fit

What you do

Into this life I’ve made

Cold wind blowing love letters off the table

Made a mess scattered envelopes

Written in bold

Pen strokes

That got lost in your mind

Sometimes I think my pillow still smells like you

When I’m wrapped up in my blankets

And I can hardly move

When it’s

Sharp but these feelings fade

But stick on my mind like splinters in my palm

This touch reminds my broken heart

To just stay calm

And start

To turn this brass doorknob

And walk into the next dusty room and think

That everything is wonderful now

With rosy glasses walls are pink

They wrap around

The pain that holds me close

As a handrail with a couple loose screws

I know it can’t be like this forever

My eyes still stare through

Your lying words

Tied my stomach in knots

It’s hard to accept that I used to love you

When I know you can’t fix what you broke

But you play it off like it’s cool

Cigarette smoke floats

And an icicle froze

You took my picture by the Hollywood sign

You know I’ll never forget

All the times

You let

Me run into your arms

I sat in my chair you came in from behind

And laid a kiss on my cheek

Never thought I’d find

You in a week

You could say that’s my charm

Sleeping

In a king

Sized bed thinking

We

Can bring

It back to being

Something

We used to be

But you’re stuck in lunacy

I see

You’re running

From problems you can out drink

No

Way to know

How these feelings sink slow

Heartbreak blown

In through the window

Mind state sucked right through a black hole