Sleep
Evading me...
If I could somehow be just
a little less harmful...
Spent so long just trying to survive
Forgot there’s more to life than staying alive...
I tend to the battered outline of my heart,
Meticulously shaping it to an acceptable form...
I promised myself that I would be gentle,
That I would no longer punish myself for taking my...
There have been many days in my life when I...
Let alone continue living...
The only lie I can guiltlessly tell is one where I...
That each day is the straight and narrow...
Most days are tainted with silent tears,
The world again stained in technicolor pain...
Rain soaked windshields are my norm,
Driving through blurred purple streetlights...
I watched how my faith faded right in front of me.
So, I turned loquacious...
Unsteady room and a fuzzy brain
I drink it down to ease the pain...
I am not who you think I am,
I am not afraid to leave...