insensitive

How do you numb your skin
After the warmest touch
How do you slow your blood
After the body rush
How do you free your soul
After you’ve found a friend
How do you teach your heart
It’s a crime to fall in love again?
(( Jann Arden ))

LE FOU III

i didn't expect
rings and
pretty things,
gas money or
expensive dates.

i still don't need
the guilt,
religion by association,
or songs from your
5-year romance
that
you could not quit.

i just wanted love
and
laughter,
and days that lived in your
eyes,
like birds with no homes,
and summer storms with
no catch.

i never wanted to
ignore the warning signs.

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All Those Who Wander

i don't want your
apologies-

i don't want your
past-

i don't care about your
weaknesses,
or the things that
catch your eye.

i don't need the
unexpected chivalry,
i will remain pleasantly
unsurprised.

what you're afraid of
is the very thing that
keeps the soul,
and spins the earth-
the unknown which
permeates from
skin-to-skin,
and if we all knew the answer,
we'd be a little
better off.