"The best thing about tonight is that we're not fighting..."

"The best thing about tonight is that we're not fighting. Could it be that we have been this way before? I know you don't think that I am trying, I know you're wearing thin down to the core. But hold your breath because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you."
"Fall For You" by Secondhand Serenade
Apparently I was trying a minimalist approach in the color area. Black & white... how poetic and teenagery.

The Difference

the truth lives behind the mask

the answer to a question no one asked

the surface makes for an easy swallow

because it leaves the inside hollow

falling through the life at hand

put out both feet and stick the land

I woke up to a different place

a mirror with a different face

the difference being me

misplaced the map, lost control

braced for the impact of the fall

nothing came and nothing will

my thoughts are simply standing still

your eyes burn through what you left of me

there is no release to the memories

pencil can’t erase thoughts I know still

but I’m praying that it will

I can not carry all the blame

but sorting the pieces brings back the pain

heart to stone, fast forward through

numb to the past and what to do

no one is left to watch the decay

crumble down and wash away

months pass without their meaning

to the steady beat of silent screaming

return the girl you stole from me

I need her eyes so I can see

her trust knew well as I do not

my courage cowers at lions she fought

here we are as two years ago

your claws sinking in and me letting go

stories of the past rearrange

I guess the truth can often change

eyes only look but cannot see

hearts can pound but cannot be

your words keep mine in retreat

I don’t feel like I can breathe

let me go, let me go, I’m fading fast

let me go, for these words are my last