A black Mercedes

rolls up to collect the

first fruits of your income

they turn a blind eye

as you pay your dues

to the man

behind the wheel

They assure you every time

of the small price you

pay for their protection

You nod your head in reply

Anything to keep

your loved ones alive

Don't let the name fool you

There are no Angels in this city

This world is a train going to hell and all I want to do is run to the back car with you and black out all the windows so you don't have to know the horrors that will soon ensue. I will be your shield and dagger. I will not let this world harm you any more. And if I can no longer make you happy one day, if I make you worse, then please make me walk out the trains back door.

My home is in you, and my home will stand for as long as I can help it.

September has come and gone

The memories of you are everlong

and forever etched on me

How can I continue like this?

This torture

I can't even drive past an am pm

without thinking of you

He reminds me of you

Guess that's why I talked to him

in the first place

Suppose that also means

I'm a sucker for light colored hair

and hazel eyes

He's trying to tear down my walls

He's kind of like you in a way

He seems like he really cares

But don't they all?

He's persistent

I'll give him that

I have to remind myself

that when I look at him

It's just your ghost I'm seeing

I try to forget

But how could I?

When the memory of you

is forever imprinted on me

You were my

coffee and cigarettes

Just like the smoke

You've disappeared

leaving me alone

to deal with the withdrawals

You didn't come like

a thief in the night

Yet

You sucked the

life out of me

by pulling me

out of reality

Gnawing away

at my heart

You envenomed me

with your melodic words

Now you've vanished

Without a trace

Forcing me to

find solace

in knowing that

the darkness feeds

off my rotting soul

Days are long

While nights are

full of two am thoughts and

conversations with the voices within

Yet here I sit

Drunken with fatigue

Waiting for someone

who's never coming back

If a person can't find their own self then how the hell will they be able to find someone else when they are lost just the same? They can't.

That's why I'm alone... That's why I'll stay alone until I figure myself out.

-Rei

I'm sorry, Mel.

Every time you look at me,

I feel your Heart inside my Soul.

Every time you look at me,

As our eyes meet I can see the

Demons that haunt your Soul.

Every time you look at me,

I can feel how much you want to be whole.

Every time you look at me,

You see the light that's ever present inside of me.

Every time you look at me,

You think of how life could be.

It's the light that draws you near

It's quite alright I'll comfort you dear

For every time you look at me,

In my comforting love you'll be.

-Rei

Away goes another day.

Will it always be this way?

Pain still plagues those places we once loved.

You left and down those memories were shoved.

You were a friend and a beacon of hope.

And I'm sorry you couldn't cope.

And I know it's been years

But I still think of the one that wiped away my tears.