Have you ever seen
A loved one
Floating in the sky...
Fastened to a rafter
Blue and broken
With the fear
And the anger
Still hot in their eyes?

Have you ever seen
A loved one
With clouds forming
In the corners of their mouth...
A needle hanging from
A protruding vein...
Poison still
Running laps
Beneath their skin?

Have you ever seen
A loved one
Tangled in
Metal and broken glass...
Radio still playing,
Blood still flowing out?

I hope you find a place
That's safe and warm
And stimulating
And ******* real

Cause,
We used to think drinking
Whisky out of mason jars
Made us interesting
But now we know
We drank whisky out of mason jars
To escape our pain & our boredom
Just like everyone else

Well,
Boredom ate my friends...
Swallowed them whole...
Left them begging,
Begging for more

My dad said,
"Leave now
While the roads
Are still clear"

There's a better me
On her way out the door

she echoes into
the edge
of all you sought
to keep
the marrow of
your bones
in all the world that
was so deep

she sewed her hair
into the floor
to blend with all
the bleak
then her blood crept in
& let you win
with passion dared
to speak

oh, October town
the sun drips
down
to warm the autumn
sky

& once again the cold
drifts in
to tangle you
& I.

I might lose the chance before I even have a chance to try...what are the odds of something like that happening?