Paramedics blare their sirens violently through the inner suburbs of the city,
No one turns back to see what or who theyve missed out on here and it’s interesting how places that once nurtured happy gatherings now just feel like distant memories
He’s on a self-discovery bender but the only person he’s running from is himself and he told he never cried like it was a badge of honour, but like my father he felt intensely and repressed his anger
Cause there’s a difference between being emotional and emotionally intelligent and I’ll be damned if I can decipher it
My main example of love was one of abuse so do I secretly want to be abused?
Cause if Im still a little girl that needs saving then he can still emotionally manipulate me.
Everytime I hear someone say “we had an amazing connection”, it just means they had an erection and sometimes I think Id like to be in a relationship cause it would be nice to have someone to split the rent with
And she told me I couldn’t have it all like complete happiness was unattainable.
In movies you just meet someone who fits you, you don’t have to work through your trust issues and if just look happy and hide my disdain then no one will notice that I’m in pain
And when the pain has passed do we tell our life stories like they don’t belong to us anymore? Routinely told and removed from us like a book we’ve read before?
My sleep pattern is out of whack and it ain’t cause I’ve been slack,
I hate pressing pause on my to do list to deal with my feelings and that ole depression’s snuck up on me and she’s excusing his behaviour, sweeps it under the rug because she doesn’t want to lose his love.
I’ve had many lovers but no great loves and I wasn’t blessed with tits but God gave me great wit.
I’ve always been one of the boys and the girls have felt threatened by my authority to go out and get what I want fearlessly.
They told me my chances of fertility were slim so I started calculating, re-evaluating and like all great perfectionists before me, my ego couldn’t accept that I might never have my own child… or that it might take a while..
Cause I want someone who will fight with me through the thick and the thin and who wont easily give in.
Everybody tells me I’ll find it when I’m not looking for it but Ive been looking for ten years, so I’m over it.
He used big words to seem intelligent but forgot to text me cause he’s negligent.
I see him in so many forms but it’s never him and if he was born half an hour later would we have worked better?
I love the smell of books and words that have found a place to lie together and even though my mind tells me I haven’t done a lot, my body knows better.
I believe everything happens for a reason but death is one I’ll never be able to explain and the younger generation want to have it easy but the struggle is where you find the happiness and the gain.
And just when you think you’ve worked through all your shit , you remember the deeply engrained abandonment but it’s part of your story and there’s no running from it – so you may as well welcome it.
Mother mother,
Im not alone.
You saw strength in me I couldn’t hone.
Father father,
Are you alright?
We never did the things you said were right.
Brother brother,
Cuts to the bone,
Unaware of what hes said and done.
Sister sister
You speak your mind,
Sometimes you are awfully blind.
And although you are sharp and frail,
You move mountains in your own ways.
And although I am far away,
I learned to love you anyway.
Gemini woman,
With your brave heart, your stern look and your coy smile.
They can only wonder how many places you’ve seen, the people you’ve been with and become
Always got a story to tell, you’d be at a loss if she bid you farewell.
Men beg at her feet but she sends them away one by one.
And when they try to break her spirit, she gets up again. She can not be tamed.
She’ll look you in the eye, and she’s far from shy.
She’ll lend you a hand, even when you don’t understand.
She’ll break you down, make a joke and say something profound.
Gemini woman, she is two sides of a coin.
She is heaven and she is hell. She is love and she is hate.
She is fickle but she’s strong. She’s perfectly vulnerable and she is me.
Fear,
Sweat dripping down your face,
Your stomach churns, the light burns the softer parts of your face.
You utter the first word and you’re away,
Their eyes on you for just this day.
Big town city, big town dreaming,
Will you be another fish in this big ole swamp?
Everybody’s got a story to tell, but to get to the top you gotta go through this hell.
Dried lips, runny nose, soggy socks,
Cackling and laughter emanates the tram.
You were your favourite furry coat and fingerless gloves.
You worry you look like every other girl with your red lipstick and bangs.
The streets are mysterious, strangely quiet, amongst the swirls of energy that surround you.
People shout and swear, oblivious without a car, yet they give love freely never asking for anything in return.
Possibility and hope, this place doesn’t grow old.
Skinny trees have shed their leaves, like the layers you have shed of yourself this year.
And as spring arises, you are met with renewal, rebirth and you are ready for what the world has to throw at you.
Shadows and silhouettes,
Dance under the midnight sky.
Inanimate objects that bind you together
And with that object you leave him behind.
Moments of weakness in the darkest of hours,
Lovers that have turned you sour.
Unfulfilled childhood instability,
Numbing is familiar but doesn’t last long you see
You feel the music in your body; rush through your veins,
You think about how you are no longer the same.
And meaningless relationships don’t fill you up
Cause dating her is easy but keeping her is tough.
It’s a jungle out there and you’re on your own
And you seek out drama because trouble is all you’ve known.
Passive behaviour through positivity,
You cut the string, and now you’re free.
Drugged up and fluey,
I’ve been wearing the sweatpants for ten days,
My mind is in a haze, foggy, confusion
I’ve been out of action and I feel like I’m losin’.
I’m disconnected from my instrument and I’m questioning what the next thing is and how to proceed,
Cause all the fire signs in me are angry and all the water signs in me are crying
Cause when I’m sick I start Googling my symptoms and I’m much worse on the internet so is my ovarian cancer even prevalent?
I tried to download a dating app but my storage was too full and I’m too lazy to delete it just to meet someone who can’t spell in full sentences and says “alrighty” repeatedly
Cause we’re in the ghosting generation and I don’t want to be a ghost no more.
I’ve always liked philosophers even though they’ve had nothing of real substance to say
And he wanted to hear the end of my verse, but hadn’t earned that privilege today
Cause when he’s benefiting and I’m suffering, the playing field is out
And we became more creative apart and art acted as a medium of survival from the start.
And I blame the twelfth house that I get wrapped up in turbulent artistic relationships where there’s no solid basis
Cause the twelfth house is about sadness and misery, so will I be able to go deep with someone without it killing me?
The pseudoephedrine is kicking in and when does God want me to stop suffering?
The doctor told me to rest but I’m too rest-less and as a child I kept my family members up cause I hated sleeping and as an adult I keep my lovers up with anxious questions like:
“Do you love me? Why do you love me? How much do you love me?”
Cause my anxious attachment isn’t pretty but it’s part of me.
Cats have never liked me cause I’m not subtle enough and I’m beginning to smell a fake from miles away
Cause when people corner you and revive up your past shit, you can tell them to beat it.
He thought he was special because he understood that my parent’s marriage had broken down, so was that our only common ground?
He thought we were suited because we had the same mental illness but there was no stillness and people often like to talk to me, but he wanted to talk at me.
Why can’t I meet someone who wants to dance but doesn’t want to fuck off to France?
Cause I’m never gonna be party animal even though I used to be attracted to smokers and the way they inhale that drag *inhales* but I’ve had no desire to lose time off my life
And sometimes I think Aries fire would murder someone to get their revenge but the only person holding anger towards you is you
And I spent so much time wanting everyone to like me, that I lost of what really mattered to me, and the person I was meant to be
Cause my job is to say what people are too afraid to say… to be a voice for the voiceless and to feel for the powerless cause I’ve always empathised with people who were suffering and he told me I belonging in Brunswick cause that’s where all the crazy creatives were living
Do you ever see a dress you want in the window and then it’s gone?
I like to think those potential dresses, potential job opportunities, potential flings were never the right fit
Cause if they were you would have bought it or the timing would have sit right and I don’t wanna fight what the universe has in store for me
Cause I know it’s going to be magnificent cause I finally feel worthy of it.