loose threads

You started a garden in my heart
The pains of growth sowing discord in my chest
I lie awake and sing your favorite song
This is the only ghost to keep me company

Forgive me for pulling the loose string
I wish it was you beside me
And not this empty space
Keeping me awake

My soul can’t follow you back 
It doesn’t know the way and I
Get caught in the confusion
Unmoored from its anchor, this soul’s a goddamn hurricane

Someone once told me that bravery, fear, and insanity
Are triplets split at birth and divided among us
Not quite sure which one is steering this ship
But I hope it meets yours in enough time 

-rjm

Time like veins of gold
deep earth secrets
follow them down
trace these lines

The history of how I miss you

-rjm