Like A Moth To A Flame

March 21st, 2025

For six months I practiced patience
Not trying to rush a connection
Then things never moved forward
Now I’m stuck in reflection
What did you even want
Were you just playing a game
As I search for any answers
You bury all of your pain
But I know you’ll think of me one day
When you see 11:11 on the clock
Maybe driving past a bowling alley
Or downtown near my old block
When you’re on our favorite game
And you see someone playing Kayle
Or another person named Grimm
And it’ll hit you like hell
I hope you can’t hear GNF now
Without thinking about me
“You don’t know what you have ’til it’s gone”
Is going to sink in eventually
Knowing that you didn’t want to try
And never told me what you wanted
Though I’m empty just the same 
You’ll be the one who’s haunted

Real

July 25th, 2011

The mirror can’t see what I won’t show
The things I don’t even want to know
I led myself into this game
I watched myself emerge in shame
I closed my eyes to hide the fear
But all the words I could still hear
Everything I could still feel
Oh how I wish this wasn’t real

Letting Go

December 1st, 2024

Sitting in the quiet
Nothing but crickets
Thinking about the past
And wondering if I miss it
A moment of peace
Letting my mind go blank
Whenever it’s sink or swim
It never failed I sank
Reflecting on the moment
I waited so long
Anxiety taking over
Wondering was that wrong
The peace has passed
This is retrograde
Time to move forward
From when I was mislaid