tender mess.

Unravel me slowly, please
I'm a tender mess
in love with this sadness
and running out of words
to say so.
I've been romanticizing my distress
for so long
I'm tongue-tied and listless.

if the devil's in the details tonight.

Slowly smoking and
leaving the rest unsaid,
I'll extinguish our essence
through the silence and fading bruises
of better days,
and I swear that I'm the same but
one of these days I just might
learn from my mistakes.
Until then
I'll inflate my meaning,
always needlessly wordy,
and forget what Annie said.

validation.

You're seeking validation
and found me on a bad day;
I'm feeling petty and lashing out,
what's sacred to you anyway?

We're all just bad kids...

rusty reigns.

Rusty reigns
where do I begin?
Boldly unprepared
for whats ahead
as unbridled chaos
calls out for me.

I often wonder
where I find the time...

the evil i know.

Waiting my turn
I can't be bothered to share
in love with another sinner
think I'll grow out my hair
no I don't mind, no I swear
you're all the evil I know
and maybe
I know it all too well tonight.

checking in.

Checking in on myself
I'm seeing stars and
I can't let go tonight.

Double check my math,
something's not right.

She's in every word I speak,
every thought I think
but something's not right tonight.

blaze on.

I get the feeling
you wanna leave me behind,
and that's fine.

Blaze on baby
I hope you shine.

starving.

I wanna give my love to you
and you wanna give it back too.
Rattling bones tonight,
we're taking medicine
with all the bad kids.
Self-destruction in the name
of preservation.
We're starving.

waiting at the bar.

Watched your green eyes
while you talked to someone else,
they said a lot more
than the words coming out
of your pursed lips.

(I'm waiting at the bar.)

the kids know.

My aspirational indeed:

hopelessly ambitious
and boldly unprepared,
I storm in
guns blazing.