Evolution

Me: I love you, every second we’re together I feel young again

You: Like I’m on top of the world

Me: I don’t want to lose you …

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Your supple but thinning lips

Your bright but withering smile

Spinning gracefully in your strong but wrinkling arms

Shifting in and out of youth

How the years have gone by

I love the butterfly we’ve become

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From the handprints in the sand

To the tire tracks on the motorway

And the impressions on these foam hospital beds

We left our stamp on all corners of the map

Forming permanent imprints on our hearts

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We have grown old and young together

Forever, and never apart

As we cuddle in our last moments

Our spines interlock and transform into steel gates

Protecting the matters of the heart

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Slowly our bodies are morphing into the unknown

Giving up the fight

Our spirits are set free

See you on the other side my twin

It’s been one hell of a ride

Evolving with you

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You: Never apart.

Me: Never apart.

-Teags

Broken Record/ Let The Record Play

Running through the sand making imprints

The tide rolls in

I reverse, imprinting my footsteps again

The tide rolls in

I run forward through the sand again

Deepening these prints a little more

Then the tide rolls in

I reverse again

Tide rolls in

I start running forward again

When will I lift the stylus off this broken record

And stop trying to perfect the line of the song that can’t be fixed

Let the record play,

Cause the reality is each scratch eventually allows you to appreciate the smooth parts to your song even more

And the reality is, life would be predictable and boring without the flare of the scratch

So let the tide roll in

Leave those footprints behind and make new ones

Embraces your scratches and let the record play.

-Teags

Hitting a brick wall

Fallen flat on my face again

Head numb against the concrete

Looking at the closed door across the room

Locked in this tower and I have the key

If only I could feel my face again

If only I could feel the cold air flowing through the cracks of the brick walls

If only I could feel the dust piling up against my face

If only I could convince myself this was real

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I can hear the floorboards creak as I walk towards the door

and I see myself open the door slowly

But then I stop halfway and walk back towards my body lying on the floor

and merge back into myself again

If only I could convince myself this was real

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So now I’m just lying here in this tower I created

Holding the masterkey

But I won’t move

Because to me, life beyond that door doesn’t exist for people like me.

But if only I knew that statement was false

and the opportunities I could create for myself are real.

-Teags

My 1st Panic Attack in Public

Leave me alone

Just leave

Leave please!

LEAVE

Leave

Le…..

…..

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U saw me leave the room

U knew I needed space

But U still followed me

Followed me out the room

Down the hallway

Down the stairs

Took a left

Walked some more

And turned left again

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Sitting here looking at the computer

I can’t remember my username and password

…. eventually I log on

Click on the internet

Go to google

Go to YouTube

Go back to google

Exit the internet and …

Just stare at the screen for awhile

Don’t remember what I came on the computer for

I just needed a distraction I guess

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The fire alarm goes off

The bells are ringing

A bomb just dropped

Rain and hail stones

Nature is singing

She won’t shut up

Keeps going on about a frivolous argument we had about a week ago

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Her intentions were raw

She was drenched in the smell of evil

The argument didn’t really matter

She just wanted to see me shrivelled up

Broken into multitudinous, insignificant and futile pieces

So no, she won’t just leave

Just leave

Just leave me alone

– Teags

Old Coat

I’m an old coat in your closet,

I’m always here when u need me but u only ever use me when you’ve dropped something outside in the rain,

As a cover for ur head,

You never wear me anymore,

My sleeves are slowly losing their ability to fit human arms and the dust from the closet has spoilt my fabric,

My buttons are teary, hoping you’ll take me to the charity shop, so I can be loved again.

-Teags