Originally posted on Americana Injustica:
You wanted it… you just had to get, you begged for it: a piece of me… and then, that was it – I did accept, the invitation sent, maybe ungraciously… I showed up one day, remember? when the skies were grey, guess you hadn’t been, expecting me… but there I…
Originally posted on Americana Injustica:
Would you be, any fonder of me, if I suddenly chose, to start listening? Would you decide, to more deeply confide, the darkness behind, your odd eccentricities? Shall I unbind, this heart of mine, lay it down on your table, where the other parts lie? I suppose you’d prefer, if…
Originally posted on Americana Injustica:
Now I lay me down to sleep again, in the grips of a dread that I slumber within, the same unforgiving and cramped position, wound up mentally and the ratcheting begins, the memories and tragedies flood fatally in, my body won’t sink and my mind only swims, things I regret…
Originally posted on Americana Injustica:
Shitty tattoos,Absent front tooth,Alcohol infused,Jaw flapping,Knuckles rapping,Air leaking through,Big brown eyes,Telling nonstop lies,You’re fucking high,Unclean,Unforeseen,Not enough miles between,That stinky lifestyle,The steaming shitpile,Rusted turnstiles,Nothing worthwhile,I lost too,Much to you,It’s all bled through,The truth,Fire country,Attention hungry,Back full of monkeys,There’s no saving you,You’re too far beyond,Slithering, And talking long,There’s no fixing you,You built…
Originally posted on Mocking Bird Down:
The trappings we drag, for the overnight stay in the damp, dark, cold to the touch; parts of the hell that we personally designed just for moments like these; when the world feels too small for how much we don’t feel.
Americana Injustica 
Damn good, straight as said
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SWMBO told me you had posted again so Hi.
You know girl I also wake up in the morning into a world of hard pain, usually after a night of demons, so I also know tired, beyond dog tired. My mind too fucked to think straight or even make coffee.
Only here is the kicker to my tale.
Not long ago I was asked how the hell I kept going.
I answered by quoting you.
“It’s better to die on your feet than on your knees.”
In case I haven’t said it before, “Thanks for that girl”.
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Bear Hugs Paul, thank you right back my friend.
And to be truthful, we both have Dan Simmons to thank for that gem of a sentiment. ( I think it was from the Hyperion Cantos…it’s a damn good line.
Much love to you and yours 💕
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Keep smiling Girl, and KEEP WRITING! 🙂
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Been thinking of you lately. Good to see a post. ❤
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