There’s a lesson in everything

and maybe someday I’ll learn

(ince I keep repeating

the same mistake)

There comes a time and place

to turn and walk away

before the bridge that’s burning

collapses under my feet

and the river carries me

far from where I’m going

Somehow I keep getting stuck

in the gaps between

and watching helplessly

as it falls apart

like every one before

I’ll find a way

if for no other reason

than to spite you

and the words you wield so sharply

If you care so little

I’ll walk away

and you won’t have to worry

about either of our failure

You’re nothing

of who and what you used to be

and I refuse to let you

be the albatross around my neck

that drags me down

I don’t know what I’m doing

if I ever really did

I just keep moving in the same direction

hoping someday I’ll find it

Whatvere it is that I’m supposed to

without actually understanding

what it is or where I’m going

One day closer to the end

whatever that might mean

feeling far too lost and hopeless

No idea where this wind blows

except to push against me

and this weight of the world

piled high upon too narrow shoulders

No sturdy base we find here

Just another aimless drifter

trying to find a reason

to keep cutting through the noise

Drowning in the silence

at the heart of everything

and nothing all at once