The Breath
It's time for something different;
this is
How to Slam a Door
in Someone's Face
and climb through broken windows,
time to be the Poster Child
for Pop Culture
As Original as can be
No one's heard these words before
(Just in every other song
that's out there)
It's the mental block
we love to hate
Erupting from stoic to ecstatic
in a matter of

Seconds flying by
he's the Imperfect
Beauty
(Just the way I like it)
Your Heart's been bleeding
on the pages of
that Book as old as

Time just takes a break
and now it's time for something new;
A refreshing
never-ending
poem
where ink replaces tears
And everything that pours out
is
Beautiful
like only he can be
like only You can mean to me

Meeting double-meaning
We're all longing
for some wit
(aren't we clever now
enough to make
our egos proud)

It's time for something
sickening
I'll scratch my eyes out
until blood's caked
under fingernails
that I'll just bite off anyway
It was time for me to tell him
Years ago
(Last week?)
then I froze up expectedly

One hundred hours
mesmerized by the
Computer Screen
This is so productive now
Great to know I'm making a

Difference breaks their Hearts
such a Tragic Ending
that we couldn't
work this out
(Heaven forbid we'd have to make
an effort)
Crown me Queen of Cowards
before I hide away again
like I'm famous for
he's behind me with a shaking
finger

(Love you, darling)
Love me, please
Can't you see
I worked every word
out for you?
Smile for me for just

Some hours Flying High
An inside joke just Stupid enough
to make it
Through like the icy words
he didn't dare speak
(a Coward fit to be King)
Unfit to rule beside me
(we'd be trembling at the sight of
each other, anyway)
And now we're resting
Now he's testing
me to see if I'll

Crack Open like a Broken Skull
you did it that time
I believe in
Miracles
Here's my Prelude to
(it's time for)

A change
Time for something different
Time to read a Book
and Mean it
Walk up to him
(with the power of You)
utter the secret
without speaking
and
fall back
to a new pattern
I always knew
It's time to take a Breather;
Close my Eyes

(and live.)

-Broken Petals

To Jonathan, Patrick and God