A lot of people feel that if they drag themselves around the world and see the monuments everyone keeps telling them they should see, then they will be cultured, understanding, and perhaps even find some sort of new self. What they tend to forget is that you could see the world ten times over but if you didn't change your mindset before the journey then you'll just be the same you in a prettier place. Journey inside before you journey out there.

*djm

I tried to carve how I felt about you out of my heart for hours before I remembered you had stolen it. I tried to erase every memory I had of you from my mind before I remembered you had chiseled your name into the walls of my brain. I tried to scrub my skin of you before I remembered you live in every pore. I tried.

*djm

I was taught from a young age, like most people were, that when faced with a problem you must think about it. The harder you think, the faster you will find a solution. I've come to realise that the more I think, the bigger my problem becomes. The more I search for a solution, the more it evades me. This pardox grows when the problem is a person that never leaves your thoughts.

*djm

Somedays I write poems and somedays I sing songs. Somedays I feel bliss and somedays are too long. Somedays I exercise and somedays I smoke bongs. Somedays I feel myself and somedays I feel wrong.

*djm

Lost in a dance of confusion. We live the only way we know how. We hold on to some too tightly, while we let all others drown.

*djm

Raise your voice and society will silence you. Be excited about the future and the news will deter you. Be emotional about your losses and tolerance will be little. Be numb about your existence and you'll fit right in.

*djm

I wanted you close
but I pushed you away.

I wanted you forever
but you didn't stay.

I wanted to love you,
but broke your heart.

I warned you I was trouble from the start.

I wanted this love to never end
but it was over, before it began.

The things I desired most
were nothing but a joke.

For you to accept my faulty love was my only hope.