Post Acute

Found no comfort in my isolationI'd slip off the edge to feel againI've memorized each passing shadow every time I descendNightmare suspended, my life upendedWhat's left to neglect when personal hells resemble all that we can't forgetAt first it got harder to breathe, the air stinging my lungsUntil I got settled in letting my body …

New Breath

Even at my worst, I tried making all the wrongs seem rightBut I became transparent when lifted towards the lightA fraud, a false sense of self worthI'm no more better than I dreamed ofThe taste, touch, feeling sweet muted wordsShut down behind gated lipsA beautiful passion that savors as much as it sickensI let the …

Portrait

one life bleeds into another the different masks i wear find each other now all transparent i stand at the precipice of what created man no god, no devils, just us at the end of our rope a blinding perspective we're all alone everything i thought i was slipped through my fingers and fell like …

Bone Collector

I have never thought that the blood we spill Was thicker than the walls we build Until fate chooses to guide my eyes a different direction All I see is red And thank god it's only water that separates you from me But that decay passed on just the same The disease that holds your …

Permanent

Silence amplified A light goes out across the state The last it'll ever see Breathing in cigarette smoke Still cleaner than the air No tears, no sorrow, nothing The emptiness of one's own truth Surrounded by lies Strung out city lights black out the sky No point in looking north No point at all One …

Stranger

My memory will fade like sun-beaten window stickers Barely legible but somehow still in attendance Lurking, twisting, peeling Peeling back layers upon layers of skin Scar tissue from way back when I thought what I thought I could handle Panic attacks breaking glass in the back of my head And I wait, oh, how I …

Salt and Smoke

Look into the eyes of god Windows to the bold You are a wildfire As good as gold Belonging to the flowers Sparked by your own modesty I have so few dreams And you, far too many A punch in the gut A kick in the teeth What do you do When you think of …

Apnea

From sky to earth, my defenses crumble Broken bricks hiding their hollowness An ode to man's mortal failing Is it just me or when did I become a man Youthful, long night drives Time used to feel fine like sand Whispering through trees Dancing, slipping through my hands Your hair got caught in the branches …

Bermuda

I speak out of character, I think out of turn To find when my mind's awake, my soul still sleeps But I've always felt restless Can't let my bones breathe, they'll gather rust A youthful fear that I can't suppress Wouldn't let my voice speak, always hushed I did everything, everything just to clean me …

Rosewater

It keeps raining in my head Even though I blame the weather You could come for me oh, Death If you didn’t know me better I’ll be gone when the sun comes up As my hands brace against the ivy walls Tears would fall like water from weighted clouds If I could care at all …