Literally Inclined

Four Elements That spark in your eyes it is as deep as the ocean a mysterious twinkle, my paradise filled with desire and devotion The earth is shaking When you are walking past I am falling and falling I am no longer steadfast A burning sensation You set my heart ablaze We yield to temptation 100 degrees in a heat haze There is love in the air and it is for all to see feelings lay bare ready to write history

The Race Breathe in You're fast Breathe out I'm slow Head spinning You run past Round and Round I try to follow You're fast I'm slow You run past I try to follow You're fast I'm slow You run past You're fast I'm slow Breathe in Breathe out Head spinning  Round and Round You've led me astray Will I ever catch up to you?

They say it takes around three seconds to cast a love spell over somebody Three seconds in which the world around us just crumbles and falls apart three seconds in which our eyes meet three seconds in which it is just you and me They say a smile isn't real without small wrinkles around the eyes A „Hello“ is so short, it is even more insignificant than our goodbyes A split second in our everydays that means the world to me I go back to my day, you go back to yours I will forget about you in my mountain of papers and rivers of letters You wont even recognize my patently obvious confusion There is no we, there is no us There is just you and me and two seconds too much

Ends A single tear left you It flew away Through murky skies, grey and blue Love led it astray Never to return It was aware Of the hopelessness, the yearn Feelings laid bare Confusion left another A true friend A lover, not a brother Meant to stay to the end Love leaves the brokenhearted Lonely and alone Hope and faith have departed Memories cast in stone Love leaves us When we don’t expect it Love leaves us Vanished and gone Don’t say you didn’t expect it It was you, who wanted to be alone

Uncertainty Virtue says I shall be patient While I’d rather just be me Conscience is asking me to be lenient While I’m not where I’m supposed to be Reason demands me to comply When I would rather disagree Benevolence begs me to stand by When my soul wants to break free Society pressures me to fit in While I am the odd one out I am standing there in the middle Unable to choose the right route

I dance around you like a butterfly in a summer breeze Catching your attention with a simple smile You follow me instinctively, like a swarm of bees If you land on me, I’ll be your lily of the nile I wrap myself around you like a summer rain shower With myriads of drops dripping down your nose But you need to remember that I will always be your sunflower That represents how much our love for each other grows A single red rose could not separate us even when the winds try to tear us apart Not even her thorns could hurt us When we stay together, heart to heart I long to be your orchid,  clinging on to you, rain or shine If you could be my tree and you don't forfeit You’ll always be mine.

Oblivion You hear the clock ticking behind you The moon is shining through the open window It is engulfing the room in a deep shade of blue Over your shoulder, your lonely shadow You hold a picture in your hand On it, there is everything you have ever wished for Everything you have ever hoped for Everything your soul demands A tear is running down your cheek You can feel its coldness A salty taste to your lips Everything seems to be so bleak The icy wind takes your breath away Starlight is twinkling as much as the teardrops That run from your cheek onto the tray On which you have left the letter Your heart stops For a moment You close your eyes Just to feel yourself Inside, your heart cries You need to heal yourself More than you ever did before

Silhouette Never saying a word Close to the ground You follow me around Sometimes you are long Sometimes you are small Sometimes you are not even there at all You are silent You are creeping and you stalk You imitate my movements and follow me on every walk You are there in summer You are there in the rain You are there and you’ll never leave me again You are a part of me as much as you are not You are my shadow and you are all that I have got

From Paris to London There are raindrops on the window. The city outside looks blurry and grey. It’s just another rainy Wednesday morning. Taylor Swift is singing silently, but I’m not listening. I’m thinking about you and your soft lips, as the train is rattling through the murky weather. You kissed me the last time when the sun was still shining for me. You smelled manly and your lips tasted salty from the water we were standing in. Drops of water were running down your upper body, carefully caressing your abs as your skin was covered in goosebumps. Your skin had a caramel shade from all the time we had spent in the sun during this summer. “I love you”. You whispered in my ear. There were a thousand butterflies in my belly and I couldn’t believe how lucky I was. But this all ended when I had to go home and you couldn’t decide whether or not you were ready to live with me. Now I am sitting on the train on my way to university and haven’t talked to you in three weeks. ...

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