Outside is temple—
Soft chanting snow fall, pure white,
Crystal mandalas.

I shouldn't have
let you get so close,
let you pierce me with your eyes,
let you own me.
I shouldn't have.

I shouldn't have
been so naive,
been so blind to your intentions,
believed you meant well.
I shouldn't have.

I shouldn't have
submitted to your sin,
the stain I now must bear,
I will not wash clean.
I shouldn't have.

I shouldn't have
ignored what they said,
they were right.
I should have seen
the vicegrip that you claimed as love
was around my neck
and not my heart.
I should have!

I should have
left long before I
made so many mistakes,
decisions can't be undone.
I should have.
I should have.

there's that one person
either you met them or you'll meet them
either you're with them you will be or they're the one that got away

but when you first saw them you held glances
sometimes looking away and feeling silly
other times holding it
just to see how long until someone got too bashful

and when that person smiles at you?
wow
just wow

if you are the sea
i am the shore
eroded by your waves
yet missing you when
the tide recedes

(A.H.Z)

take me home,
back where i belong.
take me to the yard
where i used to run.
take me somewhere they won't find me,
take me somewhere where i can roam.

oh let's go home.