You walk out in the quiet 

Crash the crowd though you're shy 

You, a young boy, eyes mystified 

Look astound, but cross a mile 

Bruised knees, no end in sight

Trembling in your shoes, you take flight

But your past lives stand in your way 

Their irked sighs cocoon you in shame 

You march ahead with a brave face 

You meet yourself, grown by a decade

Now you're...

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I dream of my teeth falling out 

One by one as if to relay a prophecy 

A frozen face with a gaping mouth

Through the dead of the night I see

Fragments of my grandiose delusions 

Racing towards the sea

Wherein I’ve buried everything I revere in seclusion

Today, the sunk costs float unabashedly just to taunt me 

And I have been chasing in vain

Through gritted tee...

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Floating in the possibilities of what I could be

Sinking into the doubt of becoming nothing

Am I sinking or am I swimming?

Jumping into the water of opportunity falling into the waters depths of rejection

Am I sinking or am I swimming?

Eyes open wide, the water is clear, showing the many wonders of the ocean

Eyes closed shut, Darkness is engulfing, w...

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not all that glistens is gold

it dawns on me as i feel my stomach fold

this story was written before it began 

it will repeat as long as it can

“i know you’ve been hurt”

you mentioned this while hurting me

but did you know i’ve been healed?

i took photos of people i thought i would always know

i laughed at stupid jokes i pretended to hate

i etched voices into my mind tha...

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