The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweet

we escape from the house

as the day disappears from the sky

into night

we became what we wanted to be

like a dream or a ghost

i collapse out of turn

near a house

lying still in the grass and felt the heat from the ground

rising up to contract and expand like a breathe

we escape from that place

soaked with sweat and the poison we drank

fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break

like a heart

easily

but i do not recall all the words that were formed

on those wire lips as they greeted me

a promise was made without though as the temperature climbed

and i started to sink like the moon

tends to do if you stare at it too long

then you blink and its gone

and we crawl to our sleep with the dawn

i awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm

close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone

and it's light is away

then we are back in the dark

chasing nothing through backyards and trees

you ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me

yeah it's fear

it makes you so low

and these creatures look crooked

their shadows cut lines through my face and the concrete is fire

where my bare feet are placed

in a line next to yours

and i guess i'm not sure if it was fear that was born

as those awful eyes made their claim on us

i put my hands on the fence

said your name

and i started to climb

and it must have been sweat but i drank it like wine

it was sweet and my mouth was dry

i heard you scream but i made no reply

i can still taste it now if i try