(2015)
There are so many things I’d like to say to you But when I see your face My mind just goes blank I’m terrified
Hope is so elusive It just won’t come near Hopelessness and foolishness Grasping to things that just aren’… I can’t seem to find freedom
Too long trapped Hopeless and caged Owned and enraged I saw a way out Extinguished my apathy
2015-01-21-21-07-36_poetryx Wondering Wandering Quagmire My own creation
The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling
I want you Out of my head Out of my heart I want your memory To leave me be
Today is the last day I am going to do this to myself The last day I will hold on to any hope Today is the last day
The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley
I never told you a lie I was honest from the start You knew about my wife You knew who I was You accepted the facts
I can’t help wondering Was that really you Could it have been so High If I could answer
I didn’t know what it was like to… then you showed me what it was lik… I didn’t know what it was like to… Then you came along and accepted m… I didn’t know I could feel so dee…
I’ve lost it again The words were just there Right on the tip Of my mind Now they’ve descended
I’m not sure whether I love or ha… The me I am because of you You reminded me How good it felt To feel without reserve
This is where I am Though I fail to treasure it I am still right here
Naked and unashamed The garden abandoned Acceptance exchanged alienation in judgement alone