human nature,
is to cling to the past

for it is much easier to fight a villain
whom we've already known

in movies
you are a hero

in life
you are a coward

Anxiety slips into even the smallest cracks of our lives.

They tell you to be positive.
And you think that you are.

Until one day you're driving
and you realize your whole life
you've been slowing down at green lights
simply because
they're bound to turn yellow
soon enough.

I have witnessed a person break right in front of me. Break. And I remember the crack of a broken voice, the gasps for fleeing oxygen, the stone cold stare of pain...
It's funny... there have been many a tragedy in this cruel world. I have seen beautiful buildings, now rubble and ash. Entire forests, now ablaze, the smell of smoke intoxicating the air. Cities, submerged by oceans. The earth itself - split -like a piece of paper.
Isn't it funny? Or is it strange? How buildings, forests, cities, the planet we live on --- crumble before us and may never be repaired.
And yet, I have witnessed a person, break. Only to face the world the next morning without even a visible scar.
~ I remember my high school English teacher's words, "Humans, they have the innate ability to cope with unpleasantness." ~

It is like being in a room
where everything else is on fire
but you just won't seem to
ignite.

please, let it end

And just because you're broken
doesn't mean that you don't work
cuz I still play some records
even though they skip some words
see it's not about the lyrics
as much as it's about the chords
cuz your music will keep on beating
even after your heart cannot.

People are not ******* cars
you don't just get to rent one while yours is in the shop and trade them in for something better.
~ I was brand ******* new and now I'm used and damaged because of you ~

Whiskey stained breathe
won't make you any stronger
your cigarette smoked lips
won't last much longer