“The Memories Are What Getcha”

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Every night I die a painful death

Drowning in memories of the past

Good, bad, benign; it doesn’t matter

It’s always the same

From the moment I wake

It starts with the Sirens song

Incessantly gnawing at my soul

Knowing and smug

Weariness erodes me

And as day turns to night and the night grows long

My sleep is stolen, though a rare reprieve

I am forced to endure, wide and bloodshot eyed

Wave after relentless wave

Filled with ghosts of grief and lament

Slowly drag me down

Til I'm left floating lifeless in the void

Every night I die a lonely death

Drowning in memories of the past

Good, bad, benign; it all mattered

Nothing will ever be the same

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I’ve released a new book! Medicinal Melancholy is available now; click the link in my bio to get yours!

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