August 2023

Let’s set the scene 11,12,13, those darn teenage years A mirror, something to look into “When will I be enough?” A silent question Your reflection

She almost fell in love, Or maybe, she already did. There was no knowing with her really. She was sure, that nothing, Could change her

I wanted someone to listen to me and hear my thoughts. I wanted to tell you what I was grateful for and how important you

Drunk, beaten, and bruised. That was my state, The night I first met my person, The one I’ve been searching, for years. The moon wasn’t

If we’re just friends I want you to see a wall between us, Get your feelings out of my heart And don’t feel entitled to

Everyone else mattered to her, But I wasn’t everyone, And it hurt like hell. I was the shadow she barely saw, The ghost that existed,

Do you know that you are still on my mind? Like a lyric to a song, You are not forgotten. I often try to find

I am a monster, But she created me. I swear I loved her, I really did, More than I loved myself, But that’s what happens,

Like fences is life Audacious pain sneaks On the other side in silence The true man dies So burdened like no one Cares about the

Maybe in her eyes, I was a poor man, Standing in my stall all day, Serving customers like a calling, But I wanted her for