In my rearview mirror
I see places, people
I cannot recall
Did my sanity betray me
Or is just
My memory fading

Unbroken
Defiant
Suffered your worst
Endured it all
Soul survivor
The storm
Before the calm

Time persists
Seasons drift
Upon waves
Synced lunar beats
Perception shifts
Speeding us
Ever forward

Affection
Frustration
Equal amounts
Rising
Falling
Upon passion's waves
What strange charm
Our love became
Once we stopped
Communicating

Discarded warnings
Without change
The trust I gave you
Slowly fading

Excuse me, sir
I do believe
You're treading
On my patience

Moods dim with the light
As the days start to shorten
Help spread joy
Each smile you find
Pay it forward

Light fades
Colors change
As autumn paints the world
In shades of golden amber
Life seeks warmth's embrace

Sweet delusion
Show me sights
Reality's
Afraid to face

Given equal opportunity
Life's still brighter
For the optimist

Seas of suits
High on greed
Flexing their
Business libido
A sharks nest
Turned upon itself
Bared teeth
Elbows and egos

Within our
Fragile minds
Good memories
May dig in deep
To hide from fears
Aware
Awake
Alive
Below its surface

Messages
Marks of white
Drawn across
The endless sky
Drift high above
The unseeing lost
Unaware the irony
Their heavens
Hold all the answers

Daydream interrupted
Two inquiring eyes
Seem not amused
I subconsciously
Tuned out
Her white noise
Sorry
I did not
Quite catch that
Dear

Don't fear
What comes next
Stare into the wind
And brave
The distant

Half a world
And a lifetime apart
I still
Will always have
A smile for you

I spy
Truths hiding
Obscured
Behind what is
Outlined by
Omission

Who be ye
Approaching stranger
Speak your words
Inconsequential
Which I will
Ignore

Cross me
And you will find
No mercy
I ain't the forgiving type
Don't expect
Second chances
Fool me once

Every sour word you utter
Feeds the urge
To shut you up
By shouting
You forking suck