I tried reaching out to you,
All I was able to grasp was a stiff dial tone...
I sit awake on the edge of our bed at 2 am talking...
Heat lightning streaks the bedroom walls where our...
I’ve fought many wars inside my head.
I’ve bathed in red waters...
I could
patch you...
It hits me like a stinging slap,
This unbidden sadness...
Tired eyes amidst forlorn skies,
widowed, decried, severed are those ties...
Just when I think I'm finally free
You always find a way back to me...
You stabbed me in the back
Pushing the knife deeper...
Bleeding hearts and hollow eyes
Splintered souls and stifled cries...
Now I understand your underhand, your lies I will...
used to feel you, is it still you, 'cause I'm...
Everyday has been nothing but a challenge
no matter what I do or say...
Winter came, and a jacket held me like you once...
Gripped me with the promises you had given...