August '16

Slam Poem

What are the drugs for

If not for creativity

This is just another me

Smiling more by accident

Covering up the accent

That's a world I don't know anymore

I've seen addiction up close

And it will make you a monster

Unless you already are one

Heartbreak and then some

But you aren't where I came from

Adulthood crept up on me

It felt most like a raging sea

Drowning under insecurity

Nostalgic for what?

A childhood I can't remember, 

People I can't forget?

Even when I've begged

The memories won't release me yet

Back when I thought your life was mine

Afraid that nothing could save me

Not even time

But you fed me those lines

Every single time you lied

But you tried

I know how hard you tried

Well fear makes psychopaths of us all

But I stood tall

And hoped that you would stand with me

As time does,

It always tells

You began to drink from the well

The one you placed inside of me

Before we even met

The well of yourself

And you have never looked better

It took the tick 

And that goddamn tock

To make me recognize the clock

It hung on the wall of every bar

Every basement and every scar

But time stood still, perfectly

When his eyes awakened me

Accepting even what he couldn't see

Healing me

Taking what is left

He builds me

I thought talking to God would help clear it up

Turns out heart and nature will teach you about love

I am fearless in my searching

Or so I say

But it's okay

Day by day

One by one

At a time

This love is better because it's mine

Who am I

If not unwritten?