Jack-Rose

From Heartbreak Watching as he turns suddenly still His cheeks begin to flush And eyes water with pain and shame Not carefully controlled lust His heart is broken and beautiful, like a shattered mirror Emotions whirlwind round and round, from shame, to anger, to fear His careful plans for the rest of the night Grow steadily and steadily dimmer His ego and his puffed-up pride Grow steadily and steadily thinner He put a great deal of himself into making this perfect Thinking something would happen to make it all worth it The street-lamps flash uncertain In this phase between night and day As his fractured pieces shatter He begin

Going along Life was so dark I stumbled along Looking for a spark Got so mad I thought it was a light I set everything on fire Put up too much fight And now I see I'm tripping up Blinded by jealousy Onto my road, i'm tripping up Thought you had it best Lashed out to make us even Now I finally see the rest Other shadows seem to deepen Tripping along I reached out to all of You down with me And found you wouldn't fall And somehow you yanked me Up and off my knees You may have seemed harsh But it was exactly what i Needed Now I see I was tripping up And looking at what could be I can't kick myself enough We don't have

This is it, then No more to be said Since you're already mad I'll let my finger go where led Do you realize Every time we've met Since you two got together Each time for him you've left? You'll say i could've said 'no' And asked you to stay But you'd have wanted to go And I don't want you that way I don't know why After this summertime You sent me note So I send you rhyme The feeling comes and goes In fingers and toes I wish death on he Who nearly took my brother from me But I didn't tell you Didn't tell anyone Just ashley read, one day And that left me undone She came by (I don't know why) We went out And my hands