#tugofwar
why dont i like you?
you gave me everything
a home
a bed
a family
a life
youre always there
through the silence and the shouting
yet i push you away
and i always never have a reason for doing so
why don't you like me?
i gave you what you wanted
success
pride
hope
joy
i always listen to your problems
even when i dont agree
until you start pushing me away
and you never have a reason for doing so
i think we are both stubborn
constantly pulling on two ends of a rope
as our feet slip and our hands blister
our static ways constantly repelling agaisnt eachother
as we both suffer discomfort
but sometimes
as we are connected
holding the same rope
and we subtely help eachother
pulling the other over the line
closer to eachother
before the other pulls back
and we are back to where we were
struggling
alone
sometimes i want to let go
to lose the game
to embrace your love and say
im sorry
i love you
but i keep pulling
beacuse its so familiar to me
secretly wishing
you would let go first
Feb 25
Feb 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC
We grew up watching wrestling now they smoking dwayne Johnson
It’s Hard to kick a bad habit
they show no concern until it’s their son or daughter how tragic
Shouldve listened in health class kids
It gets sold like an auction
We Come from a place where they whip up (the rock )like Steve Austin
Narcan that man had a syringe in his arm still
Methadone clinic lines around the building
Nobody getting better just given new prescriptions
Aug 21, 2019
Aug 21, 2019 at 10:04 AM UTC
My heart screams
I love you
My head interjects
F**k him
Jan 5, 2019
Jan 5, 2019 at 10:18 PM UTC
Music – she is my muse
She sings to me
Her lilting voice reaching for the heavens
And yet
It falls short as she aches for
Love – tis heart breaking and bittersweet
It is a tug of war
For the melody
Who it sings for
A back and forth,
Undecided, disconcerted
Forlorn and desolate
Madness, determination
But she is beckoned
back, restrain
Don’t hold back
[I] can’t hold back
[I’m] trying
And yet
[I’ll] fall short
“Why? Oh, why?”
Can one not sing?
Shall the muse be only thought,
Ever taught?
No.
She sings and sings.
To fill in the desire
Of a passion unrestrained
(with restraints)
She is ineffable,
And only in silence
Can she be heard.
Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018 at 10:51 PM UTC
If there is tug of war
Between Promise Vs. Duty
Choose duty first
Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018 at 10:19 AM UTC