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  Sep 2015 alice
raine cooper
maybe yours would be hands that stay
or your eyes, stars that won't burn out
maybe your waves would keep reaching,
instead of relentlessly leaving the shore
but i have said goodbye to parts of myself
and i know they'll never come back
the parts that love
the pieces that trust
they lay here shattered and broken
and i can't let anything close
because i am made entirely of ruins
and i destroy all that i touch
©rainecooper
  Sep 2015 alice
Jack Thompson
Today I openly admit that I am an addict.
I've been Addicted to the sensation and lost in the lullaby.
I've watched my potential dwindle thin.
I've had an overwhelming desire to get clean but no drive to begin.

I've cried my nights away in a withdrawal of sorts.
I've given up on everything except my last resort.

My vice is the most expensive out there.
What does a life cost?
What does a wasted life cost?

The regrets of yesterday catch you faster than you can sleep them away.
When apathy runs deep in your veins.
Pulling at my last straw - my last tall claim.

Today I turned my life around.
Not just another nudge for me to yo-yo.
I've derived a focus and approached my limit.

I'll sweat blood until I'm free of this apathy.
A victim of my actions in this endless tragedy.


My name's Jack and I'm an addict.
© All Rights Reserved Jack Thompson 2015
alice Sep 2015
if fears could speak
mine would be screaming,
desperately clinging to life
demanding vengeance
demanding attention

perhaps if happiness was attainable
life would be different
i would not fear entering this distraught-stricken
war-zone
i would not fear the enemies
i would not fear the arduous, inevitable
fights over petty
little
things

if tomorrows didn’t come,
i wouldn’t know what to do
stuck in this constant purgatory;
no escape.

they say family is genuine,
family is adoration,
family is hope.
i have never heard so many lies;
family is isolation,
family is loathing,
family is segregation.

— The End —