*This song is part of collaboration with Cassa Bassa (who created the melody and lyrics). And huge thanks to Bree Leto for making this song so much better with her amazing voice and creative eye. Honestly, you saved this project.
[Chorus] I can fly I can hide I can never say goodbye
[Verse] You’re my life You’re my soul You’re my everything is true
You’re my sky You’re my tide You’re my everything alive
[Bridge] But I’d never ever let go That’s true, oh whoa I can’t breathe without you I’ll never be fulfilled
[Chorus] I can fly I can hide I can never say goodbye
Congrats to Cassa Bassa on the release of her Micro-Fiction book The Scars We Don’t See. The cover looks amazing and the stories inside are even better! Click the link below the cover if you want to buy a copy or learn more. And you can check out her fantastic writing at her blog here:
[Intro] You taught me how to swim, how to swim, how to swim And now I’m always in, always in, always in
[Verse 1] I used to hang out by the shallow side Nothing could pull me toward the tide The moon was nothing but a hanging ball And in your eyes I saw the biggest stars
I always love it when your hair is black I never thought we could go back The water’s deeper when your by the tide I guessed I got out of the shallow side
You always like it when I’m down below I should have learned to swim as a child I never thought I’d be a Marco Sailing the seas to wash up on the shore
Eric the Red would probably turn green If he held is breath as long as you make me… I’d have to be a Zeus or Hercules To do the things you always ask of me
[Chorus] I’m in deep water when between your thighs, yeah (4x)
[Verse 2] You want my lips when I come up for air You don’t do much but play with my hair You sound like you’re the one drowning, girl But I’m the one inhaling liquids here
[Chorus] I’m in deep water when between your thighs, yeah (4x)
[Bridge) I didn’t know the water was this deep Had I know I would’ve just, um, dipped my feet At least the temperature is never cold You’re the only one I wanna to know
[Chorus] I’m in deep water when between your thighs, yeah (4x)
[Outro] You taught me how to swim, how to swim, how to swim And now I’m always in, always in, always in (2x) Deep water (3x) With somebody With somebody With somebody With somebody That’s not you
I lost the grip of my writing pen
the ink frozen in-between the flow
of words and broken nib.
As if making every stroke
on water
letters now convert to vapor
vanishing before forming any solid state.
I burn lavender incense up to the heavens
offering fragments of laden thoughts
denial sadness resentment
cast
down
like
Autumn rain.
I wish to be a fixed matter
an existence tightly packed together
but my particles keep spreading
in
different
directions
deaf
to
all
prayers.
I found no escape on the verge of my final break.
Perhaps if I hibernate long enough
Spring will come with the promising sun
I WILL GROW FROM THIS INEXCUSABLE PAIN.
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*Please make sure to view the poem again and additional content at Cassa's blog: https://flickerofthoughts.com/
It's always a pleasure to write with a poet as knowledgeable and talented as her, and I really enjoy this poem for what it stands for beyond the words.
[Verse 1] Everything is just so fucked up Everything is just so not love Everything is just fight and fear Everything is just shoot and smear
Everyone is just a mouth and ass Everyone has a dark, dark past Everyone says they’re all for peace While they drop bombs at children’s feet
Nobody wants to speak an ounce of truth And they’ll tell you that lies taste good Anybody with a stand or voice Will find out it’s not wise to make noise
Even if you’re the right this or that Eventually they’ll come for your ass And label you the king of wrong Then they’ll toss you to a mob before long
[Chorus 1] ’Cause everything is just so fucked up But you and us And your love Your healing love
[Verse 2] I swear I was just like them Before you became my very best friend But now I’m feeling a different way And I’m feeling like I’ll be okay
I see rainbows in the future now And a pot of gold when I’m allowed Your smile makes the sun come out But I’m the only one who sees that now
[Chorus 2] So everyone will stay so fucked up Without you and your love Your healing love Your healing love
[Bridge] I don’t want to be the prophet of doom Or be blown into a cloud-shaped mushroom But I got to scream and shout the truth:
[Chorus 3] Everything is so fucked up Without you Without you Without you And your love Your healing love
Benjamin Grossman 