She sent me a letter
Encased in perfume
The oils on the canvas
Unravel to uncover a picture
A painting of our lives
A picture of a single heart
Shot through
Shattered like a gun to a wineglass
She sent me a letter
Encased in perfume
To drive me mad
Make me sick
Like a sickness to my stomach
And glue my mind to her
And when I�m away
I miss her
And when she�s not around
I�m lonely
I�m hopeless only for her
She sent me a letter
Encased in perfume
To make me think
And every time I want to see her
I want to cry
Every time I think of her
I want to die
And each time I try I find
Myself back to the beginning
How many times have I
Picked up the phone
And put it back down
Without calling you
You bent the world and broke it
Left it down to its knees
In the dust, breathing
Open your eyes
See a vision
Take your part and
Follow it through a door
And take your past through a window
She sent me this letter
Encased in perfume
To make me happy
Engrave the memories like
The echoes from the depths of your mind
There used to be a time
Where I thought you couldn�t hurt me more
And there I found
That I was wrong
You led me to believe in everything
And you shattered it like a lifeless dream
I can�t believe
I was so na�ve
To believe
That I had a chance
That chance to be with you
The fishermen with his twine and hook
To capture the fish
But end up with treasure
That in that she was my serendipity
Live by the rules and end up in jail
Slip on the ice and break your bones
She sent me a letter
She is the thorn of when I
Wake up in the morning on the bed
Alongside the pictures
Like a sickness to my stomach
She was the ink on the canvas
The outline of my heart
And the hole in my heart
Shot through
Shattered like a gun to a wineglass
She was a world
Only to grab me by the throat
And break me
Only to grab me by the heart
And shatter me
Only to send my world into oblivion
And leave me in the dust, screaming
And the happiness I thought was so close to reaching
Was only to leave me behind in the dark
Only to close the door
And let me live on
Without you
Meet the world head on
And know you'll lose
Slip on the ice and break your bones but
Slip in the wind and break your mind
And I can remember only
The moments that entwined around us
And that the perfume had faded away
~Brian Choi