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cr0wl slippery, it cannot be held
turning into a puddle of confusion
changing into a collection of memory

it stings
like a soul on fire
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unhinged les paul dying
his moon is in cancer
another he is leaving town
i'm not the same as i used to be
i almost have the balls to say what i need to say


my fourth tattoo not far away
all pieces of me
memorials to relationships, boys, come and gone

your name is tattooed on me
you just don't recognize it
the way it should be
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unhinged the fifth tattoo the biggest of all
a day of the dead buddha
otherwise classic asian iconography
with a smiling skeleton for a buddha body


that was the year
i found the buddha in me
that was the year i did five meditation retreats
because i didn't like the person i was becoming
because of our relationship
that i turned to my faith
to help me through
that i am strong and brave

a memorial to what should have never been
a memorial to what i lived through
my back is covered in ink
with your name all over it
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gabbie and somehow
the sideways world
has righted itself
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raze even in dreams
it's always someone else
making the music happen now
while i stand back
and let the sound
soak my skin
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
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