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I woke drenched in sweat, confused and stressed.
My heart a bomb, ticking inside my chest.

A...

When I think of it now it seems an age away
Time has now passed and I no longer can live a colorful...

I've seen some city nights
and Wall Street days,
They grab me when they get paid
...

Each full stop a moment from beginning to end.
Each comma a pause, a twist and a bend,
each...

Drop me gently to the ocean
Let me dissolve in gentle sway
That I might float on soft warm...

Here I am in the usual corner
with people pushing me over the border
I am an outsider and i...

If there is nothing more,
If there is nothing next,
Why so much detail in leaf?
Why...

Captivated by my embrace
Barbs caress angelic face
Bitter cold in immortality
I need...

A silhouette in darkness
strolling through a street.
A lonely man, a lonely soul,
who...

Looking in the mirror
whose that staring back?
Apparently it's me but I always hate what I...

Don't push me
cuz I'll go
I don't have time to waste
I just want you to know
I'...

sit here this autumn, looking back on life,
my spring and summer come and gone,
mindful that...

That Girl, That Girl
The One Who’s Scared?
No I Mean The One Who’s Shy
That’s The Same...

Our time ended before it had begun

You evaporated like the early morning dew fades from the embrace...

The yellowish haze slowly dissipated,
This is the moment that was anticipated,
Something had...

Love is a circus
That we pay over
The odds to enter
The tent
And watch in...

Standing before the bathroom mirror
Things couldn't have been clearer
When I look at myself,...