Let them linger
In your memory
But never open the door
All the ones you invite in
Don’t know their boundaries
Anymore
Besides
This April air
Howls of freedom
It’s electric upon your skin
Dancing through the hyacinths
Begging you to breathe it in
The blossoms have all
Become exhibitionists
Granting you your every wish
The fragrance intoxicating
The effects stimulating
So twirl and cast
Your weight aside
The Moon’s magic
Awaits you outside
The sadness and pain
Will always hover
Regardless
Of your next lover
It’s always been
Within you anyway
So quit giving it
All away.
💫Amber Comber
To find comfort in this skin
As sunlight embraces me
No longer hiding the parts
I was afraid to see
The bruises have faded
But the scars remain
And every time you said
It would be different
It was always the same
My strength hibernated
With that Winter
As the distance
Between us grew thinner
Love was just a four letter word
You used to possess me and
Your cries to harm yourself
Were to silence mine of help
Like dead trees
Creating new leaves
That Spring
Taught me
Everything
How to rebuild
From the rubble
Bask in the light
Believe in myself to
Grow wild and free.
💫Amber Comber
Always in the same dark place
Leaving town without a trace
Tell me more sweet lies
Searching for alibis
Hold me close
To let me know
All the things
You can’t let go
Swimming in your blissful sea
Drowning in your misery
Always causing such scene
Attempting to sell your dream
Full of hope and they see
The twisted reality
Chemical reaction
Fatal attraction
Caught in your undertow
Unable to let go
I can feel the urge
Come on again
I see you laughing
With that wicked grin
Tear down your walls
And let me back in
I can feel the urge
Come on again
Say you’ll be mine
Oh it hurts less each time
Pretend I’m free
Dopamine dream
💫Amber Comber
Vetiver and oak moss
Lure you down the dark streets
The sweet taste of licorice
Dances on your tongue
The green fairy bewitches you
As you slowly come undone
Passing Marie Laveau’s tomb
And all the ancient stones
Observing all the signs and
Knowing there is more
Than you will ever find
The future may crumble
But the past will never fall
It’s rich in the blood
That has been sacrificed
And pulses in the
Music that dances
Through these halls
Secret gardens strung
With jasmine and wisteria
Lingering in the air
You run towards
The Mississippi River and
Your reflection finds you there
Glistening from the summer heat
The moonlight dances off your skin
I’m certain I’ve been here before
And I never want to leave again...
💫Amber Comber
I know this track
Like I know my body
The places to avoid
To not trigger
The land mines
Around me
The cracks and scars
That remain in the asphalt
The fact that my story
Is not unique
So many have come before
And will come after me
The reason at 15
I used shame
To layer my body
After confiding in a friend
Who questioned my integrity
Trying not to be seen
I would harm myself
Thinking how
I was too weak
To protect me
Don’t reveal too much skin
Never walk alone at night
Don’t let your drink out of sight
Carry your keys like a knife
This mantra is memorized
While our bodies are desired
And weaponized
Will this war ever end?
💫Amber Comber
