Not only does the day drag on,<\/p>\n
But baby, you lead me astray,<\/p>\n
And I can’t behave in your presence,<\/p>\n
I want to unravel and break all the shit in your home.<\/p>\n
I want to destroy the peace that you cling to,<\/p>\n
The emptiness of your mind, give me the time to rummage through every box,<\/p>\n
And mismanage your heart the way you did mine.<\/p>\n
Bitterness creeps through these halls,<\/p>\n
And I am all of the best parts you could have been,<\/p>\n
If you loved me and not her,<\/p>\n
Or you loved who you really were,<\/p>\n
But sometimes we hide in the closet until the darkness,<\/p>\n
Comes to find us.<\/p>\n
And the light, oh god, the light,<\/p>\n
Will fucking ruin us with the truth,<\/p>\n
Here in this city, if you do not get away from it.<\/p>\n
I know that this is life,<\/p>\n
The crazy ballad to our chaotic turns,<\/p>\n
About the room, the glass figures telling us what we should do,<\/p>\n
As you travel behind your walls,<\/p>\n
That cover your mind and your heart,<\/p>\n
Your lips moving but always silent,<\/p>\n
Picking and choosing the lies,<\/p>\n
The deceptive gold behind your tongue,<\/p>\n
This day is for you, la vida, the life you lead,<\/p>\n
This day is for you, all these poems are about you, baby,<\/p>\n
The man who at 21, has ruined every good part of me,<\/p>\n
And these are for you,<\/p>\n
all of them, between now and later,<\/p>\n
The satisfaction of your heart against my bones,<\/p>\n
Seeping out like a runny memory we refuse to patch up,<\/p>\n
I am here, the ghost, and the phantom pain,<\/p>\n
Until you come find me,<\/p>\n
La vida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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