I Want To Push Up Daisies With You

I want you to breathe in my last breath. And I will do the same for you.
And wherever our bodies fall, shoulder to shoulder, will be where we will be.
Our family and friends will stop their tears knowing it is what we wanted.

I want to push up daisies with you. Side by side, dirt everywhere.
And as my last request, I want my head turned towards you.
You look beautiful when you sleep so I'll want to spend eternity watching you.

I want roots to surround us and weave in and out of our ribcages.
And we'll wait while they braid us together as we rest forever.
The Earth will radiate heat from our graves and will give life to everything around us.

I want us to forget our old lives as we burst through the soil next to each other.
And we will sway in the wind, colors bursting from our limbs.
You'll make such an exquisite flower one day and I'll make for the luckiest.

You Know Damn Well

Grant me access to your patience
Give me the OK to take my time
Cause I'm not sure what comes next
I just know for now you're mine

I kick at the dirt while you wait
Looking down I feel much better
Cause I know if I look up
They'll be a change in the weather

And with that change, here comes the wind
And with the wind, it brings the rain
And once it rains, I'll hide away
Until the sun comes back to say

"You know damn well
There's not much I can do,
If you don't let
The rain wash over you"

Say I offered you a deal
One that's fair and rather even
One that changes your last name
A promise that I'm never leaving

We'll use our hands to build a home
One that fits more than few
One that shelters while we grow
All our love so fresh and true

We can be on the same team
And change it all from 'you and me'
To a simple 'us and we'
I'm hoping that you'll say to me,

"You know damn well,
Every storm that passes through
I'll always be
Standing in the rain with you."

When The Ocean Won't Listen

When the ocean won't listen and you lose your voice from shouting at it, I'll be waiting on the sand for you and we'll walk home together, defeated but together. When the ocean won't listen and it spits it's salty kiss at you, I'll lick every bit of salt from your wounds. And when the ocean won't listen but instead it's current grabs at your ankles, I'll be ready with a rope back on shore. I'll toss it around your waist and I will not let go. Scream all night, waist deep in the water, I will not let go. When the ocean won't listen and we've been up all night, let's not worry ourselves seasick. When the ocean won't listen and it's waves rock you to sleep, I will stay awake and keep the sharks at bay. And when the ocean won't listen and you're ready to go under, I will stuff our pockets with rocks and tie anchors to our ankles. When you're ready to go under, I will drown with you.

The Ocean Won't Listen

No matter how hard you try, when you throw yourself into the sea, your body won't let you drown without something to hold you down. I threw myself into the sea several times, and violently at that. I dug my hands deep into the sand and grabbed at every grain. Under my nails they were grabbing back but there's nothing you can do to fight the current. I was screaming the entire time, one of those screams you let out that scares yourself and it scares everyone around you. But there's never any sound under the water besides a muffled grumbling that surrounds you, and even if there was, the ocean wouldn't listen. I've tried, and several times at that. It was always your name I was screaming but this last time it came out sad and not scary and I'm so sorry about that. But I can't keep jumping into the ocean and playing chicken with the waves and I can't keep holding my breath just to see what happens. You no longer have the strength to keep me under the water and I don't want to drown with you anymore. I want to drown with someone else.