Betrayal
Invisible Battles
Shattered shards of self, scattered in the silence,
Anxiety amplifies, adheres to every absence.
Doubts dance, depression deepens—a dire duet,
Trauma's tendrils tighten, twisting thoughts to threat.
Unwanted hands, unholy violation,
Trust torn, tattered—a soul's devastation.
Memories mangle, mutilate the mind,
Leaving scars unseen, sanity undermined.
Family's fists fall, words wound worse than blows,
Love's facade fades, fear furiously grows.
Home becomes hell, haven turned to horror,
Childhood choked by chaos, terror, and sorrow.
Fibrous pain flares, fierce and unforgiving,
Vertebrae curve, a visual of vicious living.
Balance betrays, brain baffled by motion,
Vertigo's vortex, a violent commotion.
Slumber slips away, sleep's sweet solace stolen,
Bones brittle, broken—body and spirit swollen.
Migraines march, merciless, through mind's maze,
Cluster strikes, crushing skull in crimson haze.
Eviction looms, a specter ever-present,
Streets once known now seem a sentence.
Childhood's cold corners, revisited in fear,
Adult homelessness—an unthinkable frontier.
Yet they say, "It's all in your head,"
Invalidation spreads, insidious as lead.
Gaslighting glows, gutting truth's ember,
Leaving only lies to remember.
Fur-friends, faithful lifelines in the lonely night,
One battles cancer—an unbeatable fight.
Isolation intensifies, abandonment aches anew,
As time ticks away, taking comfort, and hope too.
Interrupted Rations
Downfall
A simple lie is all it took
I never gave a second look
The shit you used to bait your hook
I should have closed that goddamned book
Win or lose it doesn't matter at all
Trusting you was my biggest downfall (chorus)
I should have seen it in your eyes
It should have come as no surprise
The way your mouth spewed out those lies
The way your words cut me like knives
Win or lose it doesn't matter at all
Trusting you was my biggest downfall
No one seems to give a shit after all
Knowing you was my biggest downfall
And where did that get you now my friend?
Cast out and back out in the rain again
Win or lose it never mattered at all
Trusting you was my biggest downfall
No one ever gave a shit after all
Knowing you was my biggest downfall
12-13-22