Tick

Drip

Tick

Snip

Tick

Stick

Ti—

Never been the kid to sit still

Focus focus focus

Pretend their words don’t kill

Loud loud loud

Houcus pocus, putting everthing in

Never enough never enough never enough

Always found the bad kid

Never enough never enough never enough

try to focus but it falls through

Loud loud loud

Head’s in a cloud

Focus focus focus

Self-image rav...

grab a fistful of fate

and smear it down your face

just enough to be recognized

as a player

when the chessboard is cleared.

float in the nothingness

reach out

and be brave enough to hold on.

hold on to letting go

pour the sun in your eyes and walk

walk with a sign

whacking the stones enough

to spark the inferno

that is becoming....

you were a photograph

i was a vision

i sat there as the image cured.

you were an anchor,

i was a lowly sailor.

the horizon was set too far for now

you know the sea has a way of washing it all away.

the past and the present

the future anyway.

heartbreak they say

is the highest price to pay

debts of quarters as the clock hand moves.

you won’t stay

you won’t stay

for just once.

This is ...

When you think of an angel, you think light.

Halos maybe. Pristine purity and wings of healing. Twinkling, soft music that plays in the mountain ranges of childhood memories. Workers of heaven.

But Death has her angels too.

Nearly no one expects me.

Not my darked skin like that of the deepest night. Not the gold markings that swirl across my skin as a living reminder of the good that I’ve don...

No palm reader could have predicted how my life would find me here.

My hands are warm and they twitch as I watch the scene before me play out.

I inspect my fingernails against the milky white color of my skin. They are trimmed close to the skin and perfectly shaped. I naively wish for a moment that dirt would find residence under my nails, but that’s all it is: wishful thinking. The gold bands cl...

Flowers.

Lots of them.

Lilles.

Roses.

Daisies.

Wilting as the frost sets in.

My steps are heavy and slow.

The sun beams down on me as the chilled wind ruffles my windbreaker. I can see my breath shimmer in the morning light as it’s expelled from my body.

At least it’s not _my_ last.

Stones.

A mother

A father

A daughter

A sister

A son

A brother

A lover

A baby

A grandm...

The mind sighs

and the heart is tugged closer

A soft beat, a lullaby to a melody.

_What is it that draws you to waste in sighs my friend? _

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_I waste for change is upon us and I know your hurt. _

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The darkness swirls between in an endless circle and solemn understanding flit between them.

_You know my pain but you’ve seen my joy. This is but a chapter in our book. You think there’s no...

two go in

one comes out

blood for a penny

a headless henny

throw a rock

another another

broken bones make a fine bow

Broken bodies bow the best

tip toe

tip toe

to the nest...

One.

Smile big. It’s beginning.

You don’t know much. But you know you.

Two.

Be distracted. You’re gonna find your way.

Eyes wide. Take it in.

Three.

Focus in. Talk more about less.

Shake in repentance.

Four.

First love. Give it away.

Look for friends who choose to stay.

Five.

Run free. Play around with your sound.

Get loud. Stand out in a crowd.

Six.

First miss. Never said goodbye b...

It’ll pierce you in the neck

Stab you in the back.

Yet it’s the very thing that makes you

you....