Medication

Maybe this will help?

Maybe something else?

We don’t really know what’s wrong

or what’s plaguing your mental health.

So pop some of these

Let us know in a couple weeks,

If you feel better.

Is your brain finally freed?

I don’t think it will ever be

Lost in unacknowledged memories

Things I can’t unsee

They’ll never truly get away from me

I’ll never truly get away from them

I’ll never truly have real friends

Because I was born to be alone

The same way I’ll be when it all comes to an end

Dear little rose

You’re just a concept for now miss

But I can already hear your laughs

A little bit sassy,

And a little bit sad

Much like your dad,

You question every single thing you ever face

But unlike me, you face your problems with aptitude and grace

As gentle as a babbling brook

Sharper than the tacks

Hopefully a bit taller!

So you don’t have to deal with all the silly jokes they crack!

I’m sure that you’ll be gorgeous,

You’ll have some great genes,

Hopefully your mom is stable,

So you’re not breaking at the seams.

You won’t be much like me,

I didn’t grow up in a nice way.

Daddy always drinking,

Mom broken and feeling out of place.

A lot of time in the hospital,

Just learning how to exist.

But if you have the same problems,

I’ll make sure you find some bliss.

I won’t judge you or tell you exactly what you have to do.

You’re a smart girl in a dumb world, I’m sure you’ll know it too.

Oh dear Olive Rose Presley,

I love you with all my heart.

I promise to give you everything I can,

before you ever even start.

L’appel du vide

It’s all in my head

Every stupid word I’ve said

Every mistake ever made

I’ll take it all to the grave

Because I can’t give up on cynicism

Too filled up with hate and tension

Too pained by the thought of never ever having good intentions

Too caught up in all my lies

It’d be easier to go and fly

The void calls out, pick up the line

I’m pretty sure its about that time.

Green haired girl

Eyes deep dark brown like the stump of a great oak,

Forest green hair that reminded me of home.

I don’t know why I care so much,

Maybe because I can relate?

To all the tribulations,

You said you have to face.

We could be best friends,

Play some ball in the park.

Make each other laugh,

steal a kiss in the dark.

But that wouldn’t be right,

I need to show respect,

You’ve got your own battles to face,

I can see them pouring out your head

You feel like no one cares for you,

You’re tired of being used.

So if you really need someone,

I’ll be there for you.

I’ll keep my distance,

Because codependency has been consistent.

A theme in life I can’t shake,

A pattern I can’t seem to break.

I can see the magic in your heart,

Don’t let it tear your life apart.

Put value in yourself,

And soon great things will start.

Today or tomorrow

I know that any day could be the day

They decide to come for me

With loaded clips they’ve got a grip

I know it’s pretty plain to see

I’m outta options just a target

The crosshairs never replaced

I’m feeling chased but I don’t care

I’ll take it straight to the face

Because I’m ready to die already

I’ve tried it once myself

Didn’t succeed, just left to bleed

I don’t care about my health

So come and end it all for me

I’m tired of the wait

Youre hiding in the shadows, think I’m dumb

I can read it on your face

You could’ve been a better stalker

Or just Left me to myself

But found a reason caused some treason

Now I’m stuck in the commonwealth

But i told you once already

You’ve probably read the scripts

I’ve never cared about anything

But money, fame, and lips

See it’s easy to pretend,

Put on a fake ass smile

Get excited when they bite

Enjoy the peace of driving miles

I hear the car in the distance,

but it always drives away

I’m knowing that the day I finally rest

Could be tomorrow or today

Ari

Nicotine and Caffeine get me through the day.

Lots of jokes and lots of laughs, I’m sorry I can’t stay.

I’m up and down and all around,

Still drifting through the sea.

It won’t happen, but for just a sec:

I thought of you and me.

I know there’s places to go!

Things to see,

And so much life left for us to live.

BUT

I think I could look past the fact-

You’re middle aged with kids!

Two Week Love Story

She was my little Tinderella.

A little younger than I thought!

There was something about the way she she smiled-

I guess it helped that she was hot!

Met your crazy little family,

and truly I was smitten .

Made some promises I couldn’t keep.

I ripped apart your feelings.

See I used you as an outlet,

to shake the pain of my past.

No matter how strongly I felt for you

I knew we wouldn’t last.

And so I did some bad things

I took advantage of heart.

And when the snake came calling,

I bit the apple without a thought

I’m truly sorry for everything

And in my heart I’ll hold you close.

I really loved you Jordyn,

So I want you to know;

Find a place, find a home

Don’t get caught up in other people.

Find yourself, find a purpose

It could be with kids or in the steeple.

You don’t need drugs to be happy-

There’s so much more to life than that

Find forgiveness in yourself.

I hope you’ll always remember that,

Despite the short time that we spent together,

I’ve still thought of you in years apart

Every second was a good time

From the ending to the start.

So when you cross my mind I’m filled with nothing but regrets

I really loved your soul, i didn’t use you for the sex.

And It wasn’t your fault that I just up an ran away

I was scared of how I felt, how you made me feel that day

I wish I’d stayed, my life is nothing but chaos at this point

And I can’t take away the pain with just alcohol or joints

I’m sorry for ever moment of suffering and making you depressed

I’d end it all to make you happy, I’m just too filled with regret

And so I’ll keep on trudging through this little thing that we call “life”

Until someone does it for me, I’m kind of waiting for that night

Off Time

Woke up off time

Questions rattle my head

Am I better off here?

Am I better off dead?

The docs think that I’m crazy

But I don’t hear things

I just want to feel safe

Want to make it to spring

Preparing myself

The meds still don’t help

They don’t want me for money

Just to see me in hell

I can’t see the future

But I still sit on edge

Because I’ll never know

When they come for my head

I can’t breathe when I’m out

No difference when I’m in

Wish it was all just as easy

As when we were kids

Maybe it’ll be cancer?

Maybe corona or lead

They might hit me on Bancroft

Or where Collingwood bends

They don’t care for the kids

That they shoot in the streets

So why would I think

That they’d care for me?

Never meant to end up here

It just wasn’t the way

No one wants me to leave

But I know I can’t stay

Maybe I’m wrong?

Maybe just call the cops?

But the boys that they run with,

Aren’t afraid to blow tops.

Wish I hadnt scratched their shit,

The day that they pulled,

Now I don’t know-

If I’ll ever grow old.

Cause the dogs are relentless,

And there’s wolves in the streets

They’re not even hungry,

They just want me to bleed.

I don’t owe them nothing;

Not money or respect

They just fucking hate me,

So there’s a price on my head.

Now I don’t like to drink,

And I don’t wanna smoke.

I just want to escape,

Want to find a new home.

I just want to feel free,

I just want to feel calm,

And I don’t really know,

If I can keep going on.

All my friends can fly

I lay in bed and think of all the things that led me to this point

Lies and fights and drugs, now there’s just aching in my joints

And in my heart, beating out my arms, I don’t know where to start

I’m running from what eats me up, not getting very far

I know that I’m too cynical to ever even make a buck

I know that they all think I’m crazy and they couldn’t give a fuck

So I smoke cigarettes and wreck my lungs

On the docks, I watch the ducks

geese are my only friends when breaking down and twisted up

And no ones there for me when crumbling, the quacks don’t seem to care

They make assumptions- give prescriptions, it’s like they’re not even there

When I rattle off the things that are causing all my pain

They’re not like me, they never cared what was tearing up our brains

We go insane from all the weight, now no ones ever feeling safe

Except the ignorant, the happy, and the gods that call my name

I find nothing but repulsion in the way they handle things

It was my only way out,

now I can hear the angels sing

Moving (On)

I’ve been caught up in the past

And all the things that didn’t last

Now I’m searching for my way

You can’t convince me to stay

They think the little witch is dead

But he’s off to save the day

They’re tired of his mind

Because he’s refusing to play

They said “don’t quit the game”

“It gets even better”

But I’ll never get caught up,

In all the stormy weather

Yeah I know it’s still impending

Cause of the messages they’re sending

But I’ve given up already

You won’t ever catch me begging