You say I let you down but that was only my response, to your multiple rejections that dissolved all of my trust.

Falling asleep isn't the problem, it's relinquishing the day. I don't want the next one to come. Each new day adds another tally to the board. Another loss. Waking up, the only sure thing I know is I'll go to sleep a failure. Worst part is, I don't know what I'm supposed to be winning.

I think asking you to go on a run, if I just met you, is my way saying I'm totally in to you.

"You can't forgive others properly if you can't forgive yourself," she says.

"you're wrong," I say, "I know how to forgive because I know what it's like to not be forgiven."

I have a rebellious spirit but I lack passion so I just end up brooding a lot.

Yes, it's true. But we all need something to pursue.

Common sense is a crutch for those that lack logic.

what's that game we play? With the hooks that catch but never stay? "I tried," is such a worn out line. The context is never seen. Just someone searching for a lock to fit their key. Or the answer to the riddle that bars our door, "how am I to be a man when the woman that I love doesn't want me anymore?"

Every item in my house that did not belong to me reminds me of all the connections I've lost.

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Pain inside without conviction

is sitting with a drink on the couch

listening to those more creative than you

expressing the feelings you wish you knew

the women blame you

but you blame yourself

knowing all that you say and do

is half accident, half truth.

You're a con man, you've conned yourself

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