Will Dailey - Madness

the best place to hide
is in a tireless tide
dissolving at the souls
of my shoes and with
an adamant wave she drinks
at my ankles and to the holes
we made she carries me away
the girl behind the counter
sells us cigarettes and gives us
foresight to the soul of the world
that I’d soon like to forget
but with elocution and motion
she assures me that it is
all right to do just that.
If I fall asleep tonight
you can be in my dreams
no what I mean to say is,
“will you sleep next to me?”
no what I’m trying to tell you
is that you should come over
because there’s a piano here
and I know you like to play
till you fingers bleed
you smell like the beach
and you brought the sun home
on your skin, I don’t want
to alienate you, I don’t want
to cave you in, I just need
to know if you’re dangerous
or if you’re scared
I’m in love with your madness
so I’ll nurse your blindness
I’m holding on so carefully,
because lust roots itself in lunacy