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225 · Jan 2021
repent
colinmelanson Jan 2021
reality breaks you like glass in an accident
memories spread along the pavement
wishing that this was permanent
but guess I was just negligent
so here comes the descent
all those years unspent
spiraling, torment
heart absent
silent
91 · Mar 2023
Empty
colinmelanson Mar 2023
Glass half full don't mean **** when you're drinking
It's half a glass of numbing agent that eases the pain of your leaving
I think I've knocked back hundreds of those memories, ever fleeting
I'll leave the bar, glass on the counter, empty and always waiting
36 · Sep 2020
Bitter taste
colinmelanson Sep 2020
The dim lights burnt their place in my memory, like the black coffee that I spilled onto me. This café seemed to change, new owners, same ****** taste. Maybe that describes me?
I swear I changed, but I'm still the same. Maybe that's why you didn't stay? The thought haunts me, but the stain on my shirt tells me I should leave, pay my tab, and find a taxi, but I haven't changed. I'm a creature of routine, praying about a memory that won't come back to life.

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