You went out to see life on your own,
To find the person I never could have known.
Did the roads you walked feel like home,
Or just another place you passed alone?

Did the mornings give you what you dreamed,
The freedom, memories and time you needed?
When the world was quiet, did you glance behind,
Or is it just me that doesn’t fully heal with time?

Did you become the person you chased to be,
And find the places you left to see?
Did it give you everything you longed before?
What came of it, I’ll never know for sure.

Hard to love, easy to miss,
A moment of bliss ruined the warmth of your kiss.
If I had one wish, you’d be only mine,
But the sting of your cracked lips cuts deeper each time.

For years I fought something only I could see,
A battlefield etched in the silence of me.
The foe was mine, yet I could not yield,
A fight contained in an unmarked field.

I clashed with shadows that wore my face,
Each strike within left a deeper trace.
Fighting hard just to stand or breathe,
A battleground I couldn’t command or leave.

But time wore thin, the noise fell still,
The air grew thick, the ground unfilled.
No victor crowned, no flag was claimed,
Just ruined trenches and a captive unchained.

Not quite peace, but free from pain,
A quiet place where hope’s restrained.
No joy to chase but tears is no more,
Just steady breathing — after the war.

I’ve seen how fast
A life can pass
Yet I’m too tired for life’s dance
Too worried about the egos
of the worlds cast
And too stressed to pick up the trash of my own little worlds past

Forgot I was driving, lost inside the flow,
Rain blurs the glass, lights painting below.
At the red, yellow, green — a pulse of panic,
Everyone’s moving straight, part of traffic.

But straight ahead I drift, a part of what I know,
Eyes on the road, following where others go.
Then in a blink — caught between fear and dare,
I slip the wheel left, cutting through the air.

Heart pounding loud, beating in new ways.
No signs to guide, no one to chase.
Just an unknown road, a new path to race.

I tried forgetting what your smile did for years
Reminiscing about a past time has left me stained
More like a stomach ache, rather than tears
When I meet people now I feel emotionally restrained

I reach for something I can’t replace
Locked in a place my heart insists
Still chasing the shape of a vanished face,
I’m in love with someone who no longer exist

I’m ready to give up
Ten years passed
Time’s been rough
First on me
Then on us
Lost the lust
Lost the love
Broke the trust
Hated myself
For what I’d do
Long before
I hurt you too
Drowned in bottles
Swallowed blame
Cracked the mirror
Spoke my name
Looked in deep
Saw the cost
Traced the lines
Of what I’d lost
Emptied the glass
Faced the dust
Buried the pain
Because I must
I’m not done
I’ve bled enough
There’s no life
Without love