stay together

Life was great
until it wasn't,
was,
and wasn't again.
confused
& bitter.
the clouds
give you a reason to look up,
while I give you a reason to look down.
either way
you're disappointed
& I'm disillusioned.
tomorrow's headache will remind me
of everything
I've left behind.

Dumpster Fire

brick by brick

we tear down

the life we created.

the life we asked for.

we were naive

I was naive

grace is a four letter word

and loyalty is extinct

how did we end up in this dumpster fire

who lit the match?

you smell like gasoline

I smell of regret.

heavy is the crown

I have nothing to offer you

except recycled pain.

damaged 

fragile &

pathetic

We toast to the future

and regret the past

but history repeats itself

and here we are.

Feign a smile

hide the tears

count the days

& dread the years.

You didn't earn this sentence

but you wear it well

You didn't earn this heartache

but you wear it well

self serving saints

I numb my face
with carefully rationed doses of poison
I pretend to be invisible
while you pretend to care
tiresome rhetoric
from self serving saints
everyone needs a hand
until they don't
fall in line
and take a number
I promise we'll get to you
and if we don't,
we'll be here again tomorrow.