“That’s the trouble with you and me,
we always hit the bottom ‘fore we get set free
- I’m so far down, I’m beginning to breathe.”
- Over the Rhine

if you bleed me dry,
it’s just that you never learned
to fend for yourself.

photo: Sarcasmo

celebrate those who,
having seen you at your worst,
love you anyway.

longingly you gaze,
while ignoring the one who
gazes back at you.

formal rituals
are unnecessary to
divorce from your past.