Mermaid

The room is loud
your light cuts through
men gather close
but I see you

Mermaid calling me
pulling closer with no choice
I obey your tide

Some fall apart
some stand too tall
I watch them move
they miss it all

Mermaid calling me
pulling closer with no choice
I obey your tide

Worse than me —
they stumble blind
Better men —
but out of time

I hold the key
I keep it safe
I’ll use it when I want
the only one you feel

Mermaid calling me
pulling closer with no choice
I obey your tide

I obey your tide
I obey your tide
I obey your tide
I obey your tide

You hold them all
You hold them all
You hold them all
You hold them all
…also me

Spiral

Steps in the dark
repeat the same
I hold the rail
I call your name

Falling in the spiral
the walls are turning blind
I go but never find

The air is damp
the stone is cold
I hear your breath
but can’t be told

Falling in the spiral
the walls are turning blind
I go but never find

Each floor the same
each turn a lie
I fall inside
I can’t deny

Falling…
spiral…
no end

Black mirror

I lean too close
the glass turns dark —
no answer back

A face not mine
moves in the frame
then fades away

Black mirror holds me
a shadow without a name
cold breath on the glass

Your mouth appears
but words don’t stay
they sink, they blur

I touch the edge
it cuts my hand
but nothing bleeds

Black mirror holds me
a shadow without a name
cold breath on the glass

No voice —
only return
I fall inside

I fall behind the glass
nothing returns my gaze
just the mirror —
still black

Chains

Step by step
the circle grows
I feel the weight
that no one knows

Chain on my hands
Chain on my breath
Chain in my sleep
closer to death

Move in time
the fire sways
I keep the mark
it never fades

Chain on my hands
Chain on my breath
Chain in my sleep
closer to death

Voices low
repeat the same
I call it out
I hear your name

Chain…
Chain…
Chain…

Tides

I hear your call
across the dark, distant swell
your voice — a tremor in the water
pulls me deeper
I drift, unspoken

Tides rising
I’m swallowed whole
your mouth, a sea
and I —
no shore left to hold

Whispered waves
echo inside my chest
your name — I drown
beneath its weight
I’m lost
and found in you

From there
you call me home
cold salt and breath and hush
I slip beneath
and your tide becomes my pulse

Tides…
I am yours

Empty room

The door is closed
the air is dry
spent cigarettes
where you passed me by

Empty room
holds me here
Empty room
bends my skin

A cello remains
the space you bent
I kept it near
I keep the rest

Empty room
holds me here
Empty room
bends my skin

No light, no sound
the walls confess
I lean inside
I can’t suppress

Empty room
holds me here
Empty room
bends my skin

Empty room…
empty room…

Ashmark

I wait in the room
the air is still
a trace on the floor
I carry it still

Ash on my hand
won’t disappear
Ash in my mouth
I keep it near

The walls don’t speak
but they keep your sound
I follow the line
and it pulls me down

Ash on my hand
won’t disappear
Ash in my mouth
I keep it near

I bite the dark
I breathe your name
nothing remains
but the same

Ash… mark…
Ash… mark…