Dear Brother,

Sorry again for all you been through
these past few months,
I know my skin got a lot to apologize for.
That book you recommended I finished last week,
never hated myself more because of it.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like
to live without reflections?
How blissful that would be.

I was in love with my youth
The new of your figure
The burning in my lungs
My heart raced like the tempo
I wore badges of stolen honor
Parts of me wanted to rest
I burned out everything
Wrote textbooks of words
All of them said the same thing
None of them spelt the meaning

Dear ex lover,
I see you everywhere
Your name etched on the insides of my life
everywhere I look there are traces of you

Dear ex lover,
I hope you are well
The angel that you are
took me, a broken thing bruises and all
plucked me from hesperides and brought me back
to the land of the living
Just to hold me close and whisper all the good into my ear

Dear ex lover,
I know that on the surface I was silver and strong
but the devil never liked a quiter
and those demon's arms have a long reach

Dear ex lover,
I used to love the grocery store
Linoleum and fluorescents
The way you moved so effortlessly

Dear ex lover,
I used to love the grocery store
But my aisles are filled with ghosts
and my pantry is a tomb

Dear ex lover,
I know I hurt you
My decisions were not the best ones
This body has felt so heavy for so long
and these demons scratch at my skull

Dear ex lover,
I hope you are well
I hope you laugh
I hope your belly is full
and you have a warm bed to come home to

Dear ex lover,
I wish you well
always

I'm not even sure what I am writing anymore,
A poem? A warning? some fleeting memory?
Penning the things inside of me
that demand some sort of release

How I cried on my drive home
as the sky above me melted into
a finger painted sunset
The shades and shapes there for but a moment

The way I heard the words of woman tonight
That brought me to my knees
Stories that ripped at the fibers of my heart
Saying all the things I have
tried so desperately to put to page
In such an ease that left me reeling

The man who stands on his pedestal
crying out for the world to listen
Knowing he is nothing more but
background to those on their morning commute

The kiss of a young couple
shared along the seawall
I wonder if they could
taste the salt in the air
on each others lips

These are things I take for granted
These moments in between

My dearest friend
You from the mountains
I from the sea
Crossed paths in a foreign land
Each of us unsure of what time may hold
Neither of us knowing which direction to travel
Found comfort in the company of each other
Years filled with smiles and laughter
The stitching to the wounds
My dearest friend
Was this love an accident?
Did our midnight temptations leave a thorn in our sides
All I know is it felt right
So much easier than most
You brought the mountains to the sea
And I responded in the most caring of tides

How this journey has unfolded
The paths we have chosen to take
I remember back to the beginning
Back to those years in Maryland
Where the coast was my most holy of churches
Those springs filled with cherry blossoms
falling from limbs like sweet cherub tears
I remember the southern chapter
That blanket of a place they call the south
Louisiana was a wild and untamed beast
The songs ran with the wind
as the rains came and went
I fell in love with a woman cradled by the mountains
Solace in the sweat that deep heat can bring
Today I am still writing
Just as I was in the beginning
Penning these chapters like a letter to a future self
Documenting this journey as if every step
was a foot in an uncharted land

Some nights we love silent
Just knowing that these hearts
Exist to call the other by name
Other nights we love loud
Indulging in these earthly desires
The taste of your inner thigh
The warmth of our skin
A symphony beneath sheets
With you this heart knows
No greater joy
With you this heart feels
Time stays still

I wake to birds
Their songs make symphonies of morning
I wake to hurt
tremors throughout my bones
I wake to wind
The breeze whispering across my face
I wake to need
These vices that I can't seem to shake
I wake to hope
That today will be better than the last
I wake to loss
Another battle lost to these demons
I sleep to forget
All the choices that I made
I sleep to remember
The time before all of this
I sleep to wish
That tomorrow will be different

I lie
I cheat
I steal
I take
I give
I want
I need
I love
I hate
I ****
I remember
I forget
I forgive

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I'm tired of the trails
The footprints you leave
I'm no detective
I can't follow the clues
The mystery between us
Is answered by you
This heart waits for questions
Yours loves to be still

The old man with the guitar
Plays 6 strings for a thousand
wandering faces
Plays that thing like he knew
all the kinds of hurt that washed
up when the rain came and went
All for pocket change
Just for the little things we still
had left to give

In nature
Reptiles shed their skin
This signifies growth
Ridding their bodies of all the parts
no longer suitable enough for use
In some occasions gorging
themselves on the remains
Feeding the body with these parts
no longer suitable enough for use
Some days I call myself a reptile
I recognize my shortcomings
I've outlined each and every one
So i've begun feasting on this body
Gorging myself on the parts of me
no longer suitable enough for use
Because in order for the soul to grow
I must rid myself of these left overs of demons
And begin tomorrow anew

1.) It is possible to love something more than you could ever dream of loving yourself

2.) Life without you is getting easier

Oh how simple of a love this was
Curiosity from such a young age
You with your age and experience
Years of captivating hearts and minds
I fell victim to your narcotic charm
Your empty frame a reminder of the nights
You came and went like lightning
Only leaving long enough
For me to convince myself of just how much
I needed you to put laughter back into my life

My hands have folded into shadows of themselves,
My knees cracked under the weight,
I have dreamt of your face ,
Hidden behind the words that filled the pages,
Come to me in the night as I have dreamt of you,
For I am ready to be whole again.

I want to write something honest
Want to make something of these words
How I crave for you to notice me
How I know that my morals are so tainted
I know that my decisions are the wrong ones
I know that I am handcuffed to the most dangerous of vices
And I choose to push those things so far in my head that it’s like they were never there to begin with.

This heart is an ocean
No winds set to sail
No oars to row
This heart is an empty water
An island amongst us
The only oasis
Such a paradise at sea
Love is a gateway
And my dam can not bleed

I take my drinks all liquor
My cigarettes burn to the filter
I drink neon like it's a tanning booth
I've got more fingers than apologies
My mouth speaks in silver tongues
I love the way you look at me

There are songs I will never choose to sing
Words that echo the halls inside my chest
Scars made monument to pain of the past

Most days begin with quiet mornings
The air rising to a slow boil by noon
Sweat tracing the curves of my spine
Like fingers of forgotten lovers

Storms draw near over crashing tides
Racing with the wind as if they had a destination
Beauty and sorrow thick and heavy
Like roses laid on cherry caskets

I will sing songs of forgiveness
To all the men I once was
Remember the chains they carried
And the cruelness in their hearts

When Atlas shrugged
Tears were left in the wake of you
Monuments made of your mountains
Such a sensual embrace you gave
Such caring to this heart
I have loved you for seasons on end
The leaves came and went
But your seasons never withered
You are my river
My most holy of baptisms
Keep me in your graces
For forever and more