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jessika brady Jul 2014
I kept saying
I love you
I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to get this high

and you kept promising
darling
don't worry,
everything's going to be alright
jessika brady May 2014
I feel bad for the trees because they have to live for so long
a thought that occurred while smoking **** alone in the woods
jessika brady May 2014
me? well, I'm doing better
and sometimes I miss the weather
back there on the coast
but I don't miss wishing the doctor would up my dose

I've opened the blinds in my mind and let in the sun
now there's flowers growing in my brain and I value each and every one
the other side of the country served me well
the only thing it lacks is that saltwater smell
but I'm doing better now
and everyone I knew can tell

I am no longer the gravel in the cuts on my own knees
and every day doesn't end in desperate pleas
it's funny where the lighthouse isn't is where I was found
but I'm doing better now

I'm rooted now like the trees
I'm in love with him
but more importantly I'm in love with me
I finally let go of the wear and the tear
to prove it I cut off all my hair
it was a vow
and I'm doing better now

it took being wine drunk singing All The Small Things in a basement with all my friends
to realize that this isn't the end
and that I don't want to die
because I've never been more alive
and maybe this sadness was never poetic or profound
maybe that's why I'm doing better now
jessika brady May 2014
Who controls the streetlights and why do we trust them

— The End —