Tag: heartbreak
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(Podcast): ‘The First Time I Met a Monster’
Today, I’d like to tell you a story that I’ve told many times before. However, no matter how many times I tell it, the conclusion still sends a chill through my very being. Listen to my story in the podcast episode below. Help support me continuing my work if you enjoy it. If every person…
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Christmas Morning, 2011
Waking up The sun hits my eyes, blinded Go to move my arm, stuck Another body next to mine Heat rising from the sheets Getting up Head throbbing, pained Blood rushing back to my fingers, numb Strands of hair hang around my nose The sweet smell locks me in place Looking up Eyes stare back…
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Off the cutting-room floor: ‘5 Years Gone’
For every song of mine that people have heard, there are about 10 that no one but me knows ever existed. I imagine it’s about the same for every songwriter out there. You never want to tell everyone everything. You have to say just enough. Sometimes, it’s easy to make the choice to stop at…
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HURT people hurt PEOPLE
I want to tell you something sincere. I know we’ve cut all ties on your end, but I still have this one annoying string lingering around my neck that I need to clip before I’m able to freefall on mine. Whenever I looked at you, I saw what the fox saw in the Little Prince.…
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‘Anything, but broken’
Listen to the author read it to you Do you ever think about us? The walking wounded The ones haunted by ghosts You cannot see The ones burning with passionate plea Every time they’ve spoken “Please, just let me be Anything, but broken” Seen through side-eyed glances And closing doors Shipwrecked creatures Sleeping along barren…
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‘It’s not like it’s going to kill me’
Listen to the author read it to you No, I get it. Don’t touch me, I’m fine. I’m in my 30s and I grew up in the sexually cannibalistic emo cliques of the 2000s that fucked with the emotional weight of borrowing CDs, so I’m used to this sort of coldness. But I never trusted…