"Friends"

Lace your shoes up boy, and pull up your tie
The incandescent lights are on fire
The reek of alcohol hung low that night
Grinding souls hum deep with desire

Here's a story of a boy who couldn't settle for less
Black shirt buttoned up with a pretty white lie
He drank himself sober, lust fueled his veins
A starvation that could make a wolf cry

Here's a girl who settles for more is less
Innocence tattooed but eyes don't deceive
With a knife he carved into his left side chest
Took his heart out and wore on his sleeve

-Lights flash yellow-
Electric grazes
Stillshots of all the other people hazes
Everything he lays his eyes on, his mind erases

-Lights flash amber-
Tips a drink to her lips
Traces down her spine with finger tips
She shivers
White hot thirst pumping every sensation

-Lights flash red-
Whispers hushed in the walls of her ear
Teeth clenched to her nape of her neck,
He aggressively pressed himself near
Hot breaths as she felt him get...

-Lights turn off-


Tomorrow they sit on opposite ends of the room
Listening attentive as the teacher paces the floor
Heads on the desk, exchange of glances, they turn coyly away
After all, what are friends for?