“To the Bottom and Back”
completed on 2.11.13
i see the shock of losing her
in every destructive choice i made
everything i believed in bleeding out
a wounded heart desperate to heal
i drowned out every symptom
hoped the thrill of a new love
would wash out a loss i could not bear
embedded interest in their eyes
romanticized and always untrue
i cut corners, i got lost
i let my soul pay the cost
i didn’t let my heart pause
to deal with the underlying cause
emptiness expanded over
a tower’s shaky base
settled for any pieces close to me
forced fits fighting to stay upright
i cut corners, i got lost
i let my heart pay the cost
now that i survived the storm cloud
it’s finally time to make her proud
transient 