Author Archives: amcc1984

though I never planned to say goodbye to youit is happeningit’s happening, it’s all truethings we just took way too long to understandit all slipped through our distracted handsand I never thought this day would ever comenow I wear a new smileand a new calm… and you can’t distract the day from coming backthere’s aContinue reading “backlit”

coffee late at nightcos there’s really a lot to writethe void of days I thought had forever been consignedto another erato another age and timeyet here they come crawlingto torment me every night I’ll have to say sorry at some pointso let’s start nowsorry for being the only way I knew howsorry for not beingContinue reading “the night”

I never pegged myself for a quitterI never pegged you for one, eitherI never stood for just getting byI never stood for just passing the time I’ve been staring into the abyss a littleto find myself at my weakest, brittlewalked too slowlyand woke up devoid of any reason, purpose or choice I despised that versionContinue reading “abyss”

we built a lifethen shot it in the legsand silence lives where once was happinessthe anger of days past looks silly now I wish there was a way back somehowbut I doubt… I miss your skinand everything you wereor could still beif you accessed your own core but you are stubborn, hurt, or feeling freebutContinue reading “where I let go”

leavingI’m leaving in a hurryI’m leaving in a hurrynot coming back tonight runningI’m running from the oppressorI’m running from the taxmanI’ll run but I won’t hide and I’ll be gone within the hourcos now I’ve seen them in the flesh their mindless faces look so dourthey have been fishing in the trash leaving this shitholeContinue reading “leaving in a hurry”

so why so strongI see that you’ve got dignityand strength to last you eternities I fell in loveat first with your defencelessnessand lately with your rugged self you are my bloodbut you’re oh so much more than minethere’ll be no limits if you try and I come from a different timeand maybe I can walkContinue reading “the last page”

with sea salt in your hair, stillthe mildest hint of winterI told you about a place where it’s summer all year ’round, there you want it as a daydreamI want is as a new startwhat matters is you’re asking in plurals ‘you and I are…’ and there will be a day when patting on yourContinue reading “sea salt in your hair”

I’ve heard it all like on repeatlearn to forget learn to forgivelearn to let go learn to live and let live a privilege I’ve never receivedpayback for doing the moral thingmoral and moronthe line between the two is thin and I’ve won no medals nor reprievethe weight on my shoulders is very realwon’t you pleaseContinue reading “public record”

luck carries me through this worldit always hasand luck has brought me here to your doorshe knows best I wish I’d known this road beforeI know you know more than you let onI know if everything goes rightthis’ll be our time maybe we should just take a walkI’ll pick the place and let you talkIContinue reading “luck”

I woke up so empty after you leftshould’ve been happy, but couldn’t care less the price that I pay for building it upa life like a mountain goes belly upor maybe it doesn’twhat do I know?I talk like an old man before I am oldperhaps it’s December informing my thoughtsor maybe it’s the fortressand meContinue reading “the fortress”