burnettefi
May 17, 20251 min read
The Person You Became
I was falling, down a rabbit hole. Slowly crawling, toward your precious goal. But you already decided, I'd never reach it. And if you...
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I was falling, down a rabbit hole. Slowly crawling, toward your precious goal. But you already decided, I'd never reach it. And if you...
Broken on the tile, just something to beguile, who is this entity that lives within me? Fell on the floor last night, died a little bit...
(E) I spent the day (D) making a gift, (E) for our anni- (D) -versary. (E) Funny now, in retr- (D) -ospect, (E) that's when you (D)...
The smell of the paper when you open up an old book. The rust on a bicycle when it's left untouched. All the things, in the world can...
We met in late October, you were trying to get sober, funny how I trusted every word you said. You called me to come over, I was the clay...
You walk in and the air leaves the room, there's no space for me it's only you. And all the people worship your face, don't they know...
First felon in Washington, before a female has. We're overdramatic but storming in is not. The anchors becoming power players, billion...
I used to dream about places and things I wanted to love, but it was never enough. When I dream now, it's less colorful and mainly about...
Lost in his own mind, thought I was something that'd never die, but the memory fades. Time moves faster, lost in a haze of rhythmic...
It's a guttural feeling, tied to my blood stream. Runing through my veins, icy cold. It's an inkling of silence, a moment of quiet, to...
Trying not to discard the manuscript, while they shape it to fit their desires. Holding on tight to the manuscript, knowing it might not...
My dad built a pirate ship, in the back yard. It stretched over the creek, and past that we're adventuring. Leaves fell in my hair, men...
All I remember from that moment, was the smell of the coffee brewing, I hate the smell of coffee brewing. The news stuck to me like the...
Millions of women went to sleep that night with a hope that we had previously been too scared to feel. Millions of women woke up that...
How will I know, where is safe, where is home? Can you help me, find a place, find the sea? Breathe it in and breathe it out, sacred...
The smoke leaves my mouth like a chimney on Christmas day. I feel the energy shift around me, I feel the altitude shiver like a step out...
The light post at the stop sign flickers in a pattern, two long flashes, three quick dashes, then it stays dim for a minute and 13...
Out of the trenches, I heard a rumble in the branches. Gilded glances, ready to shut down your advances. Trained for resistance, laughing...
You act like you love me, but only when it's just me. You tell me I'm your best friend, then don't reach out for months on end. I ask to...
Trust, so easily broken, suddenly awoken, left sadly unspoken. A text, how flagrantly awful, I could write a novel, bout what you put me...