Looking back

Reflecting upon the choices we've made

The hardships we claim

We all rely on desire to shape our selfish nature

Obscurities, we find fascinating

Of childhood memories, absence shines through

I stand back and witness this genetic trend

Forever destroying, what I took for granted

Failure will drag me down

There is no poetry in this

We cannot erase

The experiences

We have been dealt

For it makes us who we are today

Canvas stripped clean

Erased back to where we began

Red ink colours the page

The fire of my mind portrayed across the images we create

The sunset hits your aged face

I see the look in your eye

Once there was an ocean between us

Now brought together through the dissolution

Your confidence wavers as you strike a match to light your cigarette. And your hands shake

And tremble and there

There aren't any words I can offer

I swear I know your name

But it's all for nought

And I bare this on my own

Believe in what you say

It's safer to drive alone

There's a delicate truth in our words. But so fragile

And so

I walk away