Worst Things

He said there were worst things in life than death
But I die every time my neck feels his breath
And when we kiss, I know God's out there
The devil is waiting with those "worst things" somewhere.

My mother folds linens by herself in her home.
She knows there are worst things than being alone.
She turns up the volume as she lays down in bed
Hoping it will drown out the thoughts in her head.

My father hungs me when our lunch date is done.
He knows there are worst things than his gay son.
I have my problems and he has his
He can't see where he lost his wife and kids.

My sister believes there aren't worst things than love
Even though her man was sent from above.
But she's afraid to get used to having him near
Because love can go as quickly as it appears.

The best things in life are harder to name
Because often the best and worst are the same.
Life is a circle, back to the sea we'll all go
There are worst things than that, I suppose.

The path is a mirror,
so you're always heading back.
No way to make the right choices,
no way to return home.
Because the center cinches,
it presses the past into a thin line
which blinks and burps out of existence.
Where you and I leave off is always just behind,
and I leave you in a path I'd never want to see again.
But mirrors are circles.
I'll keep coming back, always.

Merman

Every night, the same device
made for coping, mad about nothing
because I'm the only one.
The ship has sailed,
and you were left behind.
But the life you made,
well, its the life you would have chosen, anyway.
That's the way you make things look.
Effortless, like they were always meant to be.
Life stretched in the sea,
kept like kelp beneath.
And you were so aquatic,
your thoughts were so nautical
your touch is so marine.