Loving little thoughts
That you send
Forging small responses
To wet your pen

Drip drip
Lips left silent
One wish
Don't waste it on tonight
Summer bliss
Forgotten over snowstorms
Remembering again
Holding your hand

Always going back to back
With shots to the liver
Never thought of what might come

Always lost bring myself to the giver
Asking to be forgiven
And for life unknown

Always ended up getting paid
In full
Confidence, violence, and inflated egos

Can we please play truth or dare
What are you really here for?
Leave forever

Dear the wildest one
That I never won
I tried my best hand
At the races
But I came up short
Too many fours and fives
No aces

Dear the warmest one
I chased you away
You kept me close at night
Like a mother would read
To a son

Dear the violent one
I tried and tried
You decided to stay
You lost your mind
I guess I paid

Light up
In the depths
Of my heart

Darker than
The heart of night
I blaze

I set trees
Ablaze
While music plays

I dance away
The day
I made

Only when I inhale
Breathe in
Then let it back out

Am I able to be found
Chess piece off the board
Returned to the crown

Do tears make you blink
Or thoughts of diamond rings
Soft lips softer kiss
And skating rinks

Tear bite size pieces
Off of you for me to eat
A whole meal would just leave me
Empty and incomplete

Like lines from the worst song
Your voice lingers
Like a cranberry
You’re sweet but also sour

**** your drunken threats
Incomplete thoughts
Incomplete *****
Is all you ever gave

A time for change
Times are changing
Wake up and open your eyes
I’m wide awake and outside