@unknownwrites 18 January 2021 more from that month

How I decided to change

It wasn’t the hazy late nights Or the mornings torment Not the forgotten names in my sheets Or bruises on my feet Not the serpentine temper Or even the avoidable neglect Or the deepest irrationalities And disproportioned priorities Eluding my transgressions has been simple My moral code gets lost in the bottle Ice cools the moonlit sorrow The burn in my throat escapes tomorrow But, this song This soul consuming melody Personified my pain Gave my shame a name It placed my principles at my feet Directed my lackluster eyes to perceive Reform was not only compulsory But my turmoil is an escapable purgatory Lyrics gushed off my spigot tongue Chest rose and fell pumping Released decades of pressure Into my cars confining displeasure The windows didn’t crack The bass didn’t falter No judgement laid in the wheel I discovered the safest place to heal