'but risks make me
uncomfortable'

well...
'uncomfortable'
is just a pessimistic word
for
exciting.

Lying just beneath the surface
Breathing without movement
Waiting for discovery
The life that lies within

So... two more wishes?*

I want to see God
with my eyes open.

I want to see others
with my eyes closed.

Life does not consist
In the abundance of possessions.

Nor Love
In the abundance of words.

She dreamt me and I lived her.

In your wake.
                I'm dead and gone.
                You left
My love in ruins.
Choices born in silence,
Old schemes replaced
With new ones.
I'd ask if you were happy now.
But you'd never reply.
Even if you answered me —
I'd only hear a lie.
I thought I loved a lioness,
Brave and true in word.
You turned an honest love to ash,
My fate was undeserved.
Now within my hollow chest,
Lies coiled a rattlesnake.
Only fit to hurt and spit,
A poisonous mistake.
The victim to your cruel heart,
                   I wish for some reprieve.
                   I dream beyond this ugly place —
Though I can never leave.