I've seen people who claim
not to suffer
cry in hotel bathrooms.
To be born without a heart
is merely practical, not fulfilling.
Those who suffer
have an eye for suffering.
As I've gotten older
I've come to understand
life is an exchange;
you lose something,
you get something.
That's a simple deal,
but no one tells you what to do
when something gets back.
Now you're stuck with an old friend
while you're a new you.
You love him,
but you can't stand him.
Guess I'm sorry for growing up.
But **** it,
give me my ghosts
and let them haunt me.
I'm sick and tired of numbing pain.
A gun only stops shooting when you stop reloading it.
Otherwise you've got generational trauma.
**** people who use their pain
as an excuse to hurt someone else.
**** saying pain made you who you are.
Those who glorify pain haven't healed from it.
We're all in a rush
to be disqualified from being human.
I envy those who are comfortable
with that position.
At least they've found something to hold onto.
Guess the rest of use just have to start over.
Call it a Perestroika of the heart,
call it tearing down the walls,
or don't call it anything.
Only thing that matters is to stop the bullet.