June 15th, 2023 Step back
This noose of hope Around my neck A memory rope Myself I wreck I cannot leave
Because you brighten my day Even when the sun’s shining When I’m feeling down & fret You’re my silver lining Your warmth is like a buffet
The World ended, not with a bang, but with a sniffle. a tear. a cracked voice. First came the Horseman of Silenc…
Most people drain me But you are not most people You recharge my soul
Do not assume these words of hurt Are directed at you I have bared to you my heart and s… Yet our words remained withheld Do not assume these words of pain
As the waves crash along the shore Which seems so far away, I ask myself; Why do I swim? Pushed from a ship
Like a tower of crystal glasses My hope stacks higher Waiting to come crashing down And lacerate my heart below A thousand tiny shards
You were the light of my life So tell me why You decided to burn it to cinders And leave me in darkness
My self deprecation Are humbling jokes As to starve my ego Not a reflection of self hatred My sense of self
Long-lost souls unite, Tears of joy in heartfelt hugs, Reunion’s embrace.
What I mistook for your warmth I now realize was actually a freez… You found me, built me up Then destroyed me You claim to care about me
A sudden Good-Bye Is not a finality But a paused Hello
You Your Your voice Echoes ghostly In the halls of my memories
My vision clouds with these tears Tears made from our memories Maybe one day the they will stop Or I won’t feel them anymore
The only fitting punishment The Gods could conspire To make us pay for our transgressions against the… You stole the stars from their sky