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After: 12-2-2015


walk walk walk

RUN

annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd

stop

 

like a heartbeat beat beat

after an overdose

 

4FT3R 4 B4D TR1P 

4FT3R 4N 1NTR0DUCT10N T0 4C1D

 

A  f t  e r   A N i  g h t S  p e n t A  l l a l o n e 

A F T E R    Y O U F O U N D    O U T S H E D I E D 

 

After A Rather Nice Day At The Park

After Three Days Of Gray Skies

 

AFTERTHATFIGHTWITHYOURPARENTS

AFTERFINDINGOUTYOUWEREADOPTED

 

aFtER comiNG hOme FRoM schOOl wiTh a blAcK eYe anD BruISed knucKLEs

aFtER rEaliZIng You coUldN’t taKe THe cRuElTy ANymOre aNd fOUGht HaRd

 

after wandering aimlessly the day before 

after thinking as you walk walk walked

 

RAN

annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd

 

stoped,

“Why can nothing gold ever stay?”

 
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