Alexander Bentley

I looked and sawA pink painted skyHow it called to meAs if it knew my nameAnd there—I felt like home ...

I am hungry for youYour taste, your smellYour breath on my neckA pulse in every wild nerveI want to run with youUnder the moonlightSprint across the sands of time Until exhaustion claims us bothAnd our love is a slumberA bed made for two ...

Tonight, through this window, I viewYour silhouette—and alreadyI yearn—no, I burn for youI do. I yearn to press myselfInto your warmth, into your armsTo hold you until our light explodesLike a thousand dying stars ...

When I see your faceWhen I touch your skinI taste paradise on my tongueThe words tumble out of my mouthBefore I even think to hold them back"This is everything," I whisperInto the crook of your neck, "I need you."And it's true, love fills me to the brimIt's enough to fill the emptinessOf the Universe ...

For the stars knew their loveEven before they were set in motion Spinning around their orbits of lightDestined to collide in the night ...

Be strong, my loveFor I will hold you nowEven at your worst ...

She called me NightBecause I loved the darknessAnd I nicknamed her Luna Because she reflected the sunAnd by the nature of her lightDid I find the beauty of loveAnd with a promise of hopeAmong the sky, I found the oneShe was neither here, nor thereBut in the crescent of my heartWhere heartbreak is but a mythForged stars, gorgeous and vastAnd surely, I tell you this—Our love is built to last ...

Our timeIn the grave Is an eternityOur presentBut a blink Of beauty ...

Maybe tomorrow is the skyA lightning bolt wake-up callThe day we finally decide to liveA life without regret and no worriesThe day we finally decide to breathe ...

Beauty is no longer oursWhen it enters the worldWith eyes to see, it belongsNot to us, but to them ...

We love so muchAnd feel too muchThat we end upOn most daysFeeling nothing But the slow burnOf exhaustion ...

On the edge of a dreamI lived a thousand livesWith her by my sideAnd when I awokeShe was goneLike the breeze ...

We’re all connected in more ways thanwe’ll ever imagine. Like lightningstriking from the sky. Or that spark thatlights a fire. Like the way she whispersyour name in the dark. Or how the beachwaves ride up to the shore on a moonlessnight. Even the delicate chaos createdfrom a butterfly’s wings. ...

Among the islandsOf friends and gratitudeI found my refuge ...

The shadows are silent tonightWhere streetlights are too brightSo I stay inside my room aloneAnd cage my soul in loneliness ...

I marvel at your existence—How do you nourish yourselfYou must be so ravenousDo you devour the sun, like I would If you were within my reach ...

Give me your dreamsAnd let me hold themProtect them in my palmsWhere you and themWill be safe to liveAnd to love again ...

For tonight—Let us pretendWhat we haveIs enoughKnowing—Very wellThat we canNever go back ...

All is lost and heartbrokenOn soft lips that pulled awayAnd for a moment you stayedBut I know all stars move onWhen the night fades ...

I who have nothingTo give you butThis broken heart This poor, aching organI hold with me alwaysNever letting goClose enough for youTo hear my every thoughtAnd secret, until it becomes Yours as well ...

I don't want to send you letters anymoreWith my words sinking like stonesTo the bottom of your heartI don't want to knock on your doorAnd wait for you to answer Hoping that maybe this time, this visit—You'll say something different ...

Sorrow is a familiar feelingLike the white noise of the worldIt is here that I find myselfAs my tears meet the oceanSalt against my lips ...

It all happened too quicklyLike a fireplace ember glowing brightOnly to fade away with the drift of smokeAnd like that too, the smile on their face isBut a memory of what we use to love ...

Hurt people are hard to love, becausethey've built a wall around their heartsand there's no doorway to enter.Sometimes, we need to climb that wallto help them break free. To show themthere's a way out. ...

They say home is where the heart isBut sometimes home lies in your dreams—Where all the world you're not familiar with, but still love, can be seen"It's magical", that's how I'd describe a dreamThe things you've never done or been before are suddenly realBut home can also be in the ground—Where you lay flowers to cover up the reality of what used to beOnce it was a house where everyone laughed, but now There's nothing left behind but memories and remnants of loveThen sometimes home is in someone...

Please don’t tell meTo keep smilingBecause we areAll liarsWith smiles ...

I remember what it feels likeTo be a stranger To lose my breath In the arms of a cityI remember how it feelsBefore the heartbreak ...

Do not love meFrom afarLove me close And get closer stillUntil our kissesMelt into one ...

Pour your fleshInto mineUntil our breathIs a dying lightIn heaven ...

There's something more than painSomething more than the fearThere's something in betweenMore than the dark and lightSo much we can't see at all But when we come togetherWe're stronger than anythingThat's what gives me hope ...