Ghosts

She is always so guarded, I think, as I watch a single tear slip down her cheek after I steal a kiss from her most heavenly of lips. She raises a cold, pale finger to mine before I can whisper my love to her. And she presses her lips to them and her body to mine, wrapping her arms around me until her arms cradle my shoulder blades. I am frozen and before I can react, she pulls away. My arms reach out but grab nothing but air. I open my eyes and they immediately start tearing up for both sadness and anger. For there is only air to see in front of me.
     I cry out and my hands hit glass. The pain does not phase me like the pain in my heart. I fall to my knees and cover my eyes, mixing tears with blood. Cold arms wrap around my neck and her hair falls around my face, enclosing me like a curtain. Closing my eyes, I breathe in her scent. Kissing my forehead she pulls away for a second time. I dare not search for her again...

-M.V.W. 2011

My Love, The Wind

The wind softly whispers sweet love in my hair
As the song of the sea reaches into my ears
Its' notes soothe my soul
His breath tickles my nose
And I feel relief as he tells me he cares
Dark clouds start to accumulate in the sky
I shudder and shake
I admit I'm afraid
As the storm rages on
My love raises his arm
He strikes me and I have no choice but to cry
I bend and I break from the force of his rage
I scream at him "Why?" right into his face
He looks at me and tells me he's about to explain
How the world is a monster gone completely insane
And he holds me close and kisses my pain
As the storm settles down into a gentle rain
I quench my thirst with Gods' tears
I finally see that we all live in fear
This life is a joke
We spit out the dead
But continue to choke
Our own minds we despise
And we embrace all the lies
Falling down from the skies
Looking into his eyes
I see all the hurt he's felt all these years
Ignorance is bliss
But makes truth disappear in the mist
My love, the wind, has saved me from this
And I thank him each day with a soft little kiss.

 -M.V.W. 2011

Save Me From Myself

I'm just a little girl
Save me from myself
I can't help harming her
Save me from myself
She says please but I keep going
Save me from myself
Reality means nothing
Save me from myself
Help me see what I can't feel
Save me from myself
Guide my hands to what is real
Save me from myself
I want to see your soul
Save me from myself
But all I can see is great black hole
Save me from myself

-M.V.W. 2009

The Suffering of the Butterfly

Everyone has a place in this godforsaken world
The ballerina gets beaten and tortured and twirled 

The gloomy Eeyore has nothing to look up for  
As the butterfly's heart is eaten and torn
 
The blood of the innocent has been drained
Time for the scarecrow to find another brain
 
Watch as the lonely night turns into stone
As the lovers twist and turn and moan
And the sidewalks cracks in the way
Of the innocent butterfly.

-M.V.W. 2009