Tag Archives: breakup

Let Go

I’ve never been who you think or what you think of me; I’m somewhere in oblivion somewhere riding free. I’ve never worn the face you think I should the way you want me to I’m somewhere in oblivion running fast … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Songwriting | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Love after Love

It starts in misery that shifts to blankness, to exhaustion, and then to acceptance. Then comes wonder, and then there is hope. A little hope. Then there is doubt, and next comes fear. Terror. It wraps its way around, from … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Stings Our Hearts Get

You might have been my first, leaving me humiliated, wondering what I’d done wrong, how I could’ve been better for you. I realized later, when I heard she ate sticks of butter and cut herself for attention, that sometimes the … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment