Recollections

i. This city reminds me
Nights I’d come home soul stained with vodka, whiskey, gin
After all-night, kissing the wrong person
Sleeping in to get passed the disappointments

ii. That song reminds me
Open wound of a life
Waking even though my very essence was dying
Everything amounted to nothing, desperate to hold on to something

iii. This place reminds me
Beautiful new memories made
Body/mind a lot less heavy
Time loves those old scars away

Afternoon Rum (A Reflection)

We were just kids, with too many emotions and a lack of coping skills.

No parenting magazine could have prepared mom and dad for this.

Nothing is enough, when all you want is everything.

Eating sky and ocean in a ravenous binge.

Falling into n o t h i n g n e s s, drowning in our sins.

We were just kids.