It started with the seam, before it moved to the collar, and before I knew it, my shirt was on fire. Sometimes it takes a perspective from the bottom of the mountain to realize how tall you were when you stood at the top. I can almost feel the passport in my hand, clutched tightly. … Read more
Light me up bartender. They don’t seem to understand the importance of a good story. Turn the jazz up a bit, would ya? I’m trying to find a balance here. I’m conniving the best way to bring him down. I don’t see the other side here. Editorializing it is, while I feign his intelligence. Don … Read more
Everyone seems to be waiting for the moment in which I miss the step and fall by the wayside. But they don’t seem to understand that I never fall, I never crumble, and I make the rules. That was a cold walk home, at least it didn’t last very long. Time is just waiting for … Read more
I keep the light on to brighten my eyes to what’s clearly standing right in front of me. I want to remember the night stars falling into our hands. I’ll only remember the attitude of the angry sun peeking out from behind the Earth. I must flex. Like a drug for my ears to replace, the … Read more
So I’ve got this melody, you see. And I’ve been meaning to share it. But you closed your hands as I went to give. And now I’ve gone and spent it. Years paint different pictures. Gold only lasts so long. Pick me up off the ground to write a new song. Dead as my patience. … Read more
Never linked, Always leading. Your words were more fake than a Cold War building. Past tense motives, to laugh back in years. How I believed anything more could be found in something much less. More sure than the last one, I aspire to be great. Reminders of what needs to be done, something you can’t … Read more
I’m the glow-in-the-dark watch that you can read only every now and then. They say they’re unimpressionable, But they’re already impressed. So, why the effort? A piece of pizza and a smile would have done wonders. But she hid there, eyes open. Timing was never my thing, and she’ll never open her eyes again. She … Read more
I’ll remember where the last ornament was placed. What sweater you wore at the table. The smile you chose that day. Where you stood in that picture. When you first grabbed my hand. The look in your eyes when you first saw light. And sometimes it’s nice to think that some birds fly north for … Read more
The red sneaks through. I am troubled. Can’t believe what you have done. I read. The world needs to hear, but no one is listening here. There are people listening, on the other side. You’re almost there. A few more steps. You’ve been on this path before. Begins to look familiar. I lost it. But … Read more
Find my imperfections. Add up all my wrongs. Put together every miserable moment. It’s long, the time it takes to heal. I was a battleship, and I won the war. Pick yourself up. You’re mighty, you’re strong. Realize all the bad there was, to make you forget the good. Down the road you’ll see.