4 Poems Made From First Lines in 5 Random Songs

My heart is a flower that blooms every hour

I never been on a railroad, as many times as they pass me by

Look at me

Bless my heart, bless my soul

Every boyfriend is the one until otherwise proven

I've been in love with love

I'll sing it one last time for you

I need a little time to see what you're made of

Emotive, unstable, you're like an unwinding cable car

He said I'm going to have a bed with lots of pillows

Baby, baby are you listening?

Are you aware of what you make me feel, baby?

I got to breathe

Shut your eyes and think of somewhere

Don't wake, love, before it's time 

Love the way you look in that dress

You would have loved who I used to be

Flower tongue wilts with too much sun

Started in the morning, my head was getting hazy

So sick of the hobos always begging for change

The Cigarettes of Angels - 19 January 2014

There’s perfection in all the lumps and bumps

And curves and angles of my body,
If only for the fact that they’re mine.
And who are you to tell me that the shelter
Of meat and earth and stars
I temporarily find myself in
Doesn’t do its job of keeping me whole?
I’m not tearing apart at the seams.
I promise you I’m not.
I know I’m made of stardust
I hold the universe in my eyes,
Planets orbit my hands
Comets live in the soft glow of my smile
And shooting stars are seeped into my skin
I am space raspberries and rum
And heavenly choirs
And celestial intent
And cigarettes
For someone told me once that shooting stars
Are really just angels throwing away their cigarettes
Before God could catch them smoking

Paints - 26 October 2013

You stole the blank canvas that was me
Did me up with colors and tears
Then you tore that canvas into two
But I broke my own heart
Because I'd rather be broken
Then put the blame on you