You joke to me;
"Trade me in...

Can you remember what Christmas was like as a...
Hardly being able to sleep because of the...

Do you ever feel like
you are just going...

I woke up happy today...
it's going to be good...

You stole my
innocence...

Gasping for breath,
unable to comprehend...

Wondering if my words are ever coming back...
relishing the day when I can put more than a...

I always thought January
the cruelest of months...

Shhh, tread lightly...
Lest you are particularly...

Afraid of waking sleeping dogs...
I tiptoe around this house...

It shouldn't be like this...
after all these years...

Sweet baby bird
with your wings burned black...