You ruined me. How could you? You’re my mother. You were supposed to be strong. Not me.
Flurries in India: Nothing’s impossible If life is a string Pulling me along.
The devil’s in my midst.
I wish I could tell my brother That I loved him, But the words are tight in my thro… And I’m a coward. I wish I didn’t say “thank you”
While you were gone, My childhood dog died. I wept for both of you, And I felt like a corpse. While you were gone,
I lost my innocence On a king-sized sheet With four posters And the two of us. Just the two of us
You are the best thing Because things like that do not co… You are my moon and sun Because you make my days real. You are my best friend,
In my daydreams, I used to be an acrobat, Flying through air Into capable hands. In my dreams,
I’m silently screaming Alone in the bathroom. The tears of a sinner Won’t let my fears go. I’m suddenly drowning.
While I’m alone, He’s with her. While I’m crying, He’s kissing And rolling
My broken heart Throbs dysfunctionally. It beats to a cracked rhythm Between dead, dead, dead And life, life, life.
My mother is the darkness inside m… She planted the seed That grew into brambles, And now, I can’t be loud Because she makes me so
She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird
A tree fell in the park last night… I didn’t hear it go. The innards smelled of peppermint, And I felt the crumbling dirt Turn into ash in my hand.
It’s so quiet. I feel soft. The winter hurts, So I burrow inside, But I forget how to