"Bridges" (Patreon)

So like a lover scorned

We part ways

Left with images frayed at the edges

Of marathoning play ‘til my sides ached

My head pounded

And I couldn’t see straight

Like time was limited

I guess it was

You got what you wanted

But the earth always rights herself

‘Cause I wasted my youth building bridges

You never met me on

I hung pretty lights and spoke pretty words

My blood the mortar

And I burned them all

It killed me

My ears ring and my chest caves when I think of us

When I think of all the time I spent building those bridges meticulously withering away like a snail under salt like a flower under storms like a girl who just wanted to be loved

And I struck the match myself

And no memory of you makes me smile anymore