Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

— Carl Sandburg, 'Poetry Considered.'

R. Remedy my heart make it beat again.

A. A painful reminder of a past I wish I could forget.

I. Insecure thoughts taking me back to that place I know so well, I fell so safe hiding in my soundproof shell.                                      

N. Never again shall I fall for your sin your sugar coated lies your honey dipped temptation, you caged me in once but never again. I'll make my own sunshine, I'll start new again.

This misery
Is completely consuming me
Torturing me
How can I fight this?
Can I even win this game?
Help to make my mind tame
Fulfill the righteousness
Leave behind the pettiness
But I cannot believe in happiness
When the only hearts that complete mine
Have been ripped from my arms
Placed into uncomparible harm
For an unknown length of time
The three black holes in my chest,
Where only they can be placed
Feels like they can never be refilled
And can certainly never be replaced
My life, my world, my everything
Unseen to my lost eyes
Torn right away from me
So cruelly, terribly, all to torture me
Well, it's working
I'm tortured, I'm broken, I'm burnt down
I can't give up, they will be found
I want to stay strong, I need to be brave
But this battle has become my warery grave

So little, was my heart
So torn, I was apart
So lost, was I from life
So sliced, I was the knife

But everything changed the night we met on Jupiter
When I heard its stormy winds whisper your name
And, dear, I've never felt more stupider
Even my decent grammar changed

We killed ourselves, one star at a time
Frying our feet as we walked through the sky
Once we caught our reflections, we both lost our minds
As the brightest of starlight made us want to cry

For in the light of the stars
we see how hideous we are
We see all our flaws and scars

And it's so beautiful, we finally die
In the frozen midnight sky

2,455 lightyears away from ourselves,
we separate into particles
And as we split into tiny pieces
We create new life and disprove Jesus

And we find ourselves at peace
As our souls finally release
And each newly shining star
Is what's left of what we are

Life isn't always a one way street
Some of us walk to a song that's offbeat
One way isn't right, and one isn't wrong
It's all about how we choose to get along

Some folks have God and they have their faith
But I walk a path that's a little less safe
I choose to believe what I'm able to see
And I don't think that means something is wrong with me

I state what I believe, but I don't try to change your mind
I don't care if we're not all bred of the same kind
You choose your Bible, and I choose my brain
I live my own path, yours was already paved
But I'm not looking to be loved or saved

Jesus Christ was an only child
So he would be spoiled, bet he always smiled
Meanwhile, I had a mother gone wild
Who beat me, and left me feeling exiled

And if God does exist, he can see what he has done
He can look down from his throne, and see what his world has become
And I hope sometimes he's real, just so he can see our pain
As he hides safely in the clouds while his children drown in rain

I'm not looking to change your beliefs, so please don't ask about mine
I'm not sure what it is that you think you're gonna find
I don't ask why you have blind faith, so leave my views alone
I'm not interested in changing, stop thinking my mind will be blown

You're shouting out the same old ****
Your oral diarrhea spew
Quit bathing me in your spit
Your homemade holy water brew