Completion

if i were to die tonight
i would have died loving you
and if i lied tonight
then at least you thought it was true.

my lips chapped with tears
and you breathed in my ear
"through all of this mess, my dear,
i will always love you"

it's a tragedy what you've done to me
you frustrate me, captivate me
entrance me, repulse me, control me
abandon me--
or did i abandon you?

for all that i was yours, you were mine
and now i can't pull you away,
you're like a scar, or a tattoo
your smell, your voice, you are a part of me
and i am a part of you, too

all you need is love, and all i need is time
so you can have what's yours, and take what's mine
just give me this along with your heart
and i promise I'll hold you when you fall apart

i can't guarantee miracles or prophesize
there is nothing here that should be a surprise
I'm not as much as i try to be, nor are you
but you know theres a secret in my eyes

i have no real rhythm but the important things in life
don't need to make sense, or have any rhyme
and i hope you can sift through this jumbled mess
and understand i need you by my side

if i could say simply i would, but as well you know
words often fail me in the conventional sense
so I'll pretend it's poetry and bleed out my soul
without any garnish, or fancy pretense

these lines lay for so long
unfinished like the saddest portrait
or the strains of my swan song
and now you've come and made it right