Dear Jess

Dear Jess

I'm not sure that you realize 

But you've left me a mess 

 

And people tell me to forget 

But you're drenched in my veins 

I use it for an excuse

To let go of the reigns 

 

Because I like to dwell 

You're used to that, right? 

You're the thumbtacks on my eyes

That keep me up at night 

 

The voices in my head 

That say I'm not enough 

I'd say that you're wrong 

But it'd only be a bluff 

 

There's a first for all lost

And you're everything 

All that makes me tick 

All that makes it sting 

 

I was lost in the thought 

Of something I couldn't feel 

Something not there 

Somthing not real 

 

These keys are my release 

Of what I can't unlearn 

The scars that you left 

My self inflicted burns 

 

You're a complex mind

One I don't understand 

Breathe with the wind 

and try if I can 

 

But you can't catch 

What is not yet free 

Friend, you're just as troubled 

Just as troubled as me 

 

So with a heavy heart 

I want you to know 

That it's been hard 

But I've finally let go 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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