troy fell, the romans, the greek,
the british empire's left with only a piece
and you and me,
turned out to be
totally separate entities.
and how to you fix childhood
turn from the safety that felt so good
the first love you claimed,
the invention of the wheel,
the flame.
how do you walk away?
you cant put a ship back in a bottle
it took too much time,
it's creation was subtle
nothing forced.
it all starts with splinters
but it ends in divorce
and all these arms that hold me still feel wrong
all the right words to the wrong tune of song
like trying to find a deer in the fog
or your way back home when it doesn't exist anymore
youre a scent that got caught in the breeze
a long distance phone call i still fall into with ease
you on my front porch, don't do this, please.
i made my bed but i need you to put me to sleep.
and im head drunk when i'm up at night
all of my words trying to fit in my mind
or the right way to tell you i cant do it this time.
wait i'm just kidding, everything's fine.
you're a phantom limb i still think i exists
gesturing wildly but making no sense
and still shocking, even now to see
the empty space where you used to be.
okay so it's over, i gave it my best
at the end of the day i can say no regrets
but it changes nothing, all these words i spit out
i still love you like always, nothing feels different now.
but i'll try and forget, you're a season that turned
the red leaves of autumn gone brown in the dirt
a memory fading on a page, what's it worth
we won't be the last to fall, and we weren't the first.






















