Hometowns & inner demons

I've danced my way through the city while listening to songs that used to tear my heart out. 

I've come full circle. I've never been more grateful to myself.

Serendipity vs Vicissitude

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I've been so busy

chewing on the distance

that all this air 

between us

has set my teeth on edge.

And you...

You're taken out of

some postmodern fairy tale

and I have yet to figure out

if you're the good guy

or the bad guy.

Perhaps both –

for sure.

If Chuck Palahniuk would ever

write a fairy tale

you'd be the hero,

the antagonist

and the dragon
and
I'd be the reader that falls
for all of your characters.

If there is one thing 

that I'd want you to know

is that

you got me (inspired)

and that's a hell of a lot

to have.

Ain't this just like the present?

To be showing up like this.

War song

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Distance has always been 

my shield, 

but lately it feels 

like I've been heading 

towards this war 

between ourselves 

completely naked. 

There will be no survivors. 

There will be no victims. 

Everything will simply be.

Haiku #6

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Last Summer I used

to cover my sadness in
glitter – nevermore.

I've found my way back to myself.

(Self) Discoveries

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I no longer live

at the surface of myself.

I've reached the bottom

of the Mariana Trench –

nothing more terrifying

or beautiful

will ever happen to me

again.

A rainy day in a song.