i always speak too soon
i'll say that i'm okay or fine or even happy
and then it hits me like a train wreck
and i can't move because i'm pinned down
(not like i wanted to move anyway)
god, sometimes you just want to pull the plug
instead of wasting away in this comatose state
i always speak too soon
and then i ruin it all because the okays and fines
and good feelings all go away
and i'm left with all this crap
that i don't know what to do with
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
Poetry"Poetry...is thoughts that breathe and words that burn."--Thomas Gray "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." --Leonard Cohen Poems on the tough stuff in life. Poems on the crazy good stuff in li...